Who is your all-time favorite teacher? Most likely, it was someone
who took a sincere interest in you and cared deeply about you. This
mentor understood your goals and dreams, and did everything possible to
help you attain them. You probably still remember his or her wise
adages which you apply in your current professional role.
It's unfortunate that for most working Americans, mentorship stops after high school or college graduation. As Gallup reported,
"Schools alone can't be the sole source of mentorship...We desperately
need workplaces all over the U.S. to step up and offer mentors and
internships on a scale like never before." Here are three reasons to
make mentoring a priority in your organization.
Mentors help mentees see 'the forest through the trees.' It's inevitable to encounter challenges at every rank of any organization. Sometimes,
those struggles hold employees back-they become hung up on what went
wrong or are so intently focused on trying to solve one micro problem,
that they cannot see the big picture and subsequent realm of solutions. Dale Carnegie said, "Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement." Mentors
help put setbacks into perspective and offer new ways of approaching
challenges. Equally important, mentors positively reinforce what mentees
are doing correctly by praising a job well done. Both actions are necessary to excel in all roles.
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