Randy Emelo's posts

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How Mentoring Can Plug the Brain Drain

Don't lose knowledge when employees walk out the door. Here are three ways mentoring can help with the problematic brain drain.

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Three Factors for Better Communication in Mentoring

To build a communication cycle for your mentoring program, you should consider three factors: focus, rhythm, and frequency.

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The Purpose Behind Modern Mentoring Programs

There is a growing need to engage workers in meaningful collaboration and to share wisdom that only comes as the result of experience, which is where mentoring fits.

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How Different Generations View Mentoring

Curious how people view mentoring? In this River blog, Randy Emelo shares how and why different generations view mentoring the way they do.

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Questions and Curiosity Drive Deeper Learning in Mentoring

Want more inquisitive and innovative learners in your company? Foster their curiosity and encourage them to ask deeper questions.

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Are You Fully Engaged in Mentoring?

Mentoring is meant to be a learning relationship where both parties benefit from spirited sharing. To get the most from your mentoring experience, you must fully engage with one another.

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Finding Time for Mentoring

We all know how difficult it is to find the time to complete tasks associated with our daily work duties, much less to find time for voluntary activities such as mentoring. So why do people do ...

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Real Goals in Action

Learn how to set REAL goals and get ideas you can use in your mentoring relationships and mentoring training.

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Smart Goals Are Dumb

Consider REAL goals for professional development, not SMART goals. This can be an especially important part of mentee and mentor training.

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Modern Mentoring Provides Practical Advice

Author Randy Emelo describes his history with mentoring and his passion for modernizing the approach for professional mentoring programs.

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Before You Go: Mentoring and the Exiting Employee

Don't squander your company know-how. Get tips for how to use workplace mentoring programs to tap into employee knowledge before it walks out the door.

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Mentoring for Productivity

Mentoring to help with productivity? Genius! People can learn from their peers and colleagues as a way to address skill gaps and learning needs.

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Who Is the Best Mentor/Advisor for You?

For mentoring, view experts along a learning continuum. This helps build the pool of potential mentors available in an organization.

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4 Collaboration Styles in Social Learning and Mentoring

Discover 4 distinct styles of collaboration within virtual mentoring & social learning groups that impact how people work and learn together.

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4 Phrases You Should Use in Mentoring

For a successful mentoring relationship of any type, try using these four phrases with your mentee or mentor.

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The Many Faces of Mentoring

There are different ways that mentoring can take shape at your organization. Do you have ways to support each type?

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The Power of Peers in Modern Mentoring

Unlock the power of peer mentoring in your organization. Uncover three reasons why this is a great way to support employees in this blog.

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When It Comes to Learning, Managers Should Take the Lead

Managers are critical to your company's success. Help them blend their strengths with the longer-term vision of leadership. Read this blog for tips.

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Crappy Advisors Stifle Mentoring Groups

Get more from group mentoring. Here are four ways that effective mentors and mentoring leaders can drive learning in mentoring groups.

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3 Myths about Collaborative Learning

Mentoring and learning networks give employees personal connections they crave. Bust three myths about organizational collaborative learning in this blog.

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What Kind of Collaborator Are You?

Collaboration is key for mentoring and learning. So what kind of collaborator are you? Read this blog to find out.

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Unlock Organizational Success with Modern Mentoring

Learn how modern mentoring programs can help you unleash the power of high employee engagement at your organization.

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How to Modernize Mentoring at Your Organization

It's time for a fresh approach to mentoring. It's time for modern mentoring. Learn more about this concept in this blog.

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The Evolution of Mentoring

Examine the evolution of corporate mentoring, from its beginnings in the 1980s to the modern practice it has become today.

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