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How can I start the mentoring journey?
I hope I’ve persuaded you to consider External mentors, if not please refer to my last discussion or here . If you’re looking for External mentoring how can you make the most out of this for your rising stars.
Before we even start scouting for mentors, it’s smart to pin down what we want our mentees to get out of this experience.… Read more
In an era where GEN Z and Millennial retention is a significant challenge, workplace mentoring has emerged as a guide to both individual careers and organizational paths to success and resilience. The evidence is compelling: when it comes to fostering job satisfaction, career progression, and organizational diversity, the role of mentoring is not just beneficial – it’s transformative. Last week I wrote about external mentoring, here’s some tangible evidence of the benefits of mentoring
The Mentee’s Journey: A Roadmap to Empowerment and Success
For the mentee, the benefits of a seasoned focussed mentor are not just statistically significant – they’re career-defining.… Read more
Executive Summary; using the DISC framework understand behaviour in high-stress situations, as seen in Netflix’s “Squid Game.” This analysis is essential for anyone looking to improve decision-making, leadership, and teamwork under extreme personal pressure. It offers practical insights into managing diverse personalities in challenging environments, both in personal and professional contexts.
The DISC framework, a renowned practical work-style and behavioural assessment tool, serves as an insightful lens through which we can examine human behaviour and decision-making in challenging scenarios.… Read more
The “Big Idea” propelling this discussion is simple yet transformative: Execution quality isn’t just an operational concern but a strategic imperative that impacts long-term organizational success. In a landscape where change is constant and competition is fierce, having a strategy isn’t enough. The real differentiator lies in how effectively that strategy is turned into action. Execution quality becomes the hidden variable that defines the gap between strategic intention what you expect to achieve and actual outcomes what was actually .… Read more
When it comes to building customer loyalty and perceived value, there’s a common misconception that companies need to go above and beyond, exceeding expectations to ‘delight’ their customers. Yet, as Matthew Dixon, Karen Freeman, and Nick Toman articulate in their classic Harvard Business Review article, “Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers,” this belief may not necessarily hold the key to effective value creation.… Read more