{"id":14626,"date":"2019-10-29T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=14626"},"modified":"2019-10-29T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T11:40:09","slug":"mentoring-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=14626","title":{"rendered":"Mentoring in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a guest post written by Sr. HR Professional, Kathie Elliott.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you thought about participating in mentorship to learn new skills and expand your career network? In mentorship, both mentors and mentees benefit by developing rich and unique networks, and by being able to see tasks, skills and issues from different points of view. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\nare many mentoring structures to choose from, depending on the goals of the\nmentors and mentees. Below are a few examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Traditional<\/strong> – a senior employee\nteaches a junior employee the skills necessary to succeed in their company. <\/li>
  2. Reverse<\/strong> \u2013 a less senior or different\nclassification employee mentors \u201cup.\u201d \nThis is an emerging trend in mentoring, particularly for teaching other\nemployees new technologies, how to use social media, and emerging trends in\ntheir field.<\/li>
  3. Mutual<\/strong> \u2013 parties with\ndifferences in experience and\/or position level are both free to ask questions\nand learn new skills from each other.<\/li>
  4. Peer-to-Peer<\/strong> \u2013 employees of comparable\nexperience and position assist one another, each bringing their individual\nstrengths and knowledge to the relationship.<\/li>
  5. Board of Directors<\/strong> \u2013 acknowledges that\npeople have different strengths and experiences and learning from multiple\nindividuals may be more helpful than relying on a single source. The mentee\nselects several \u201cboard members\u201d based on the mentors\u2019 strengths.<\/li>
  6. Informal<\/strong> \u2013 an organically\ndeveloped mentoring relationship.  Any of\nthe above structures may be informal or formal.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Is there an aspect of your career\nwhere you would benefit from working with a mentor; or from sharing your\nknowledge as a mentor? Consider which mentoring structure would best meet your\ngoals and watch for our November article about considerations for selecting a\nmentor or mentee.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Find Mentorship Resources on elevateU<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Visit elevateU to find free resources on mentorship, including videos, books, courses and more. Access elevateU here<\/a> or log into EBS<\/a> and look for the “elevateU” tile under the “My Career & Training” tab. The easiest way to find resources on mentorship is to type \u201cmentor\u201d in the search bar at the top of the page. Learn more about elevateU on the HR website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is a guest post written by Sr. HR Professional, Kathie Elliott.\u00a0 Have you thought about participating in mentorship to learn new skills and expand your career network? In mentorship, both mentors and mentees benefit… Continue Reading… Mentoring in the Workplace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[184,217,218,219],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-3NU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14626"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14666,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626\/revisions\/14666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}