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Becoming a Mentor

Traditionally, a mentor was someone senior who helped those who were junior build skills and make connections.  Often, they were expected to be major "advocates" of a mentee, often lasting for an entire career.

Today, mentors come at all levels of the organization and provide a variety of things for mentees. Two of the newest "mentor" roles are 1. Mentoring "up" and, 2.  a "short term" mentor to gain a new behavior. Here's how they work:

Keeping Your Top Talent, Mistake #2

Practically every company these days wants to keep their top talent, even though they may be letting go of others due to the economy.   The Harvard Business Review (5.2010) reports that programs aimed to keep top talent are often not very effective.