Mentoring is for
Mentors, Too
MENTORING PROGRAMS ARE A TWO-WAY STREET
Here’s a highly useful secret that few people know: mentors
gain as much from mentoring as the protégés they mentor.
“By helping someone less experienced learn the ropes of a
profession – be it HR or anything else – a mentor develops
a better understanding of what they themselves know and do, and
gains insights into how to do it better,” said Ravinder Sanghera,
CHRP, chair of the Mentorship Committee of the Toronto Chapter
of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA). “In
By James Careless
training & development
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