What do AT&T, General Motors, DuPont and Federal Express all have in common?
They are all using mentoring programs to develop career enhancing skills and to leverage the knowledge and experience of their senior executives. In the property management profession, leading companies are using mentoring programs to develop future leaders and to retain Superstars. This article will cover the important steps for creating a mentoring program as people and their continued development are your greatest assets. Understanding why mentoring programs work: Mentoring programs will support the organizational mission of your property management team and will make a strong statement about the values within your company. In addition, a mentoring program will help to rejuvenate long term employees as they see and watch the growth of their mentees. Since 1992 DuPont has created mentoring relationships for 6,000 of the company’s 60,000 employees. Based on their experience, listed below are some of the reasons why mentoring programs work: • Mentoring programs can help attract and ret
