by Coaching at Work | Sep 3, 2015 | Articles, Mentoring |
MENTORING By Lis Merrick In our latest column dedicated to mentoring, we look at using gender when matching. Should we carry on minimising its effect, or start maximising it instead? So much matching actually seeks to play down the gender angle, but I believe that in...
by Coaching at Work | Jun 18, 2015 | Articles, Mentoring |
Mentoring In our latest column dedicated to mentoring, we look at ways a mentor can support vulnerable young people. This issue: beginning a journey that is safe for mentor and mentee DUNCAN DYASON AND LIS MERRICK Neglected children can face poor life outcomes, but...
by Coaching at Work | Apr 11, 2015 | Mentoring |
Lis Merrick In the latest in a series of columns dedicated to mentoring, we look at intellectual capital. This issue: how mentoring can spearhead knowledge management in your organisation Strategic mentoring can harness the power of your staff’s tacit knowledge and...
by Coaching at Work | Apr 10, 2015 | Mentoring, News, Supervision |
Many mentoring initiatives fail, many mentors don’t know what they are meant to be doing and meetings between mentor and mentee are often reduced to “having lunch”, suggests research. Senior leaders working as mentors, and their mentees, reported that most initiatives...
by Coaching at Work | Feb 19, 2015 | Articles, Mentoring
In the latest in a series of columns dedicated to mentoring, we look at why things sometimes go wrong. This issue: avoiding unpleasant outcomes in even the best-designed programmes Lis Merrick Well-managed mentoring regularly leads to great outcomes – but beware of...
by Coaching at Work | Dec 17, 2014 | Mentoring
In the latest in a series of columns dedicated to mentoring, we look at learning with contextual intelligence. This issue: shaping leadership effectiveness and organisational performance LIS MERRICK Leaders can use mentoring to develop their adaptive capacity through...