This article from Arlene Hirsch looks at the growing trend of reverse mentoring and features Chris Browning and Laura Francis from River.

After nearly 20 years in the mentoring software business, here are three lessons we've learned with our clients on how to make mentoring programs successful. They are not one-size-fits-all!

Mentoring should not be just a fad. Here are three tips to help you make your mentoring program a staple of your organization.

Mentoring can produce powerful results for retention, engagement, and productivity. Here are three tips for expanding mentoring at your workplace.

Design the mentoring culture you want! Here are three things to get you started...beyond just launching a mentoring program.

The conversations you have with your mentee or mentor can make or break the relationship. Here are three ways you can turn talk into action.

Hooray!  You’ve found a mentee or mentor and are officially part of a mentoring relationship.  Now what?  Now comes the work...

Too often, mentoring leaders think their main work is finished once the match is made between mentee and mentor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Randy Emelo explains what other tasks ...

Social learning programs can fall short of expectations, even with the best intentions. Mentoring can make the difference you need.

Agencies need flexible and effective ways to promote employee growth. Randy Emelo describes ways that a robust mentoring program can help in this article.

In this episode of The Public Manager podcast, Ryann Ellis interviews Randy Emelo about the value of mentoring to government agencies.

Randy Emelo spoke at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as part of the Leadership Speaker Series. He discussed concepts from his book, Modern Mentoring, and helped prepare attendees to be ...

What can you do to create productive mentoring conversations between mentees and mentors? Find out in this recorded webinar from River.

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.

The most appropriate advisors aren’t always atop the learning heap. An ideal advisor may be just a step or two above the learner. This article from Randy Emelo shares stories from US LBM ...

89% of respondents say developmental conversations between mentors and mentees play the biggest role in mentoring effectiveness. So how are you supporting and encouraging quality conversations?

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

With our lives dominated by screens, clicks and likes, have we lost our touch on interpersonal soft skills? Use mentoring to fill the gap.

Forget spreadsheets and hand-matching. Here are four ways mentoring software can help ease the burden for implementing a traditional mentoring program.

Mentoring is a proven method for sharing knowledge in a personalized way, for helping someone else gain skills and confidence, and for helping improve overall job satisfaction. So why do so many ...

Go beyond training, and help employees learn. Give them ways to build personal learning and mentoring networks. Learn how in this blog and related eBook.

Baby Boomers are getting set to retire. Gen Xers are taking on new leadership roles. Millennials are entering the workforce. How can you address all the learning needs of these unique generations?

Finding a mentor or mentee (or making the match as an administrator) is only one part of the equation when it comes to mentoring success. Knowing how to engage in productive mentoring ...

Discover how you can bring learning to all employees at every stage of their career and make it a continuous, open, and inclusive process.

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

When it comes to performance development, do your employees feel guided and valued, or do they feel ignored and marginalized? Stop putting too much emphasis on checklists and protocol, and start ...

Jodi Davidson of Sodexo and Randy Emelo of River share how Sodexo embraces the spirit of mentoring in their award-winning program of the same name.

Learn how to make your onboarding process suck less for Millennials and non-Millennials alike.

This blog from a Millennial at River looks at three timeless lessons she learned from a Baby Boomer, which are actually applicable to every generation.

Measuring who has information to share via social learning, collaborative learning and mentoring programs — and where it goes — can help identify skills gaps and better direct ...