How Do You Leverage Mentoring Within A Knowledge Economy?
You’ve heard of mentoring before, I’m sure. If you try to visualize it, you may come up with two people sitting across from each other; one faithfully listening, gobbling up every word of the older, more corporately dressed individual who’s providing advice for the purpose of helping the other move up the corporate ladder and make the most of office politics. If this is what you’re thinking – you may have been correct a couple of decades ago. Mentoring has evolved to a much more effective and multifaceted model. This is what you should know: Use Relevant Criteria When Choosing A Mentor Age, race, gender, and occupation have become less important criteria when choosing the best mentor to help you succeed. In this knowledge economy where non-traditional avenues and methods of learning are more readily available, saying you have 10 years experience doesn’t have the same “oomph” that it use to 30 years ago. Women continue to make their marks, and particularly with the global marketplace, r
