Mentoring Resources & Articles
The latest on mentoring guidelines, news and mentoring software updates from PushFar.
7 Fun Mentoring Activities You Need to Try During Your Next Meeting
Mentoring is more than an informal conversation every time you meet, it's about creating a trustful connection that blossoms over time. That's why having a distinguished relationship with your mentee is a must if you want them to truly succeed. Mentoring is beneficial for mentors and mentees, with both learning and developing together on a journey. At the beginning of a relationship, including mentoring, we frequently struggle with what to say and how to spend our time together. This is particularly relatable to learning and development relationships, where it's vital to keep an engaging environment going.
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5 Ways to Find a Mentor
Finding a mentor can be a difficult and time-consuming task – it’s part of the reason why we setup PushFar. However, we thought we would take a step back and write an article about how to really find a mentor who will help you to develop your career and guide you through workplace challenges. The first thing to understand about mentoring
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Creating Inclusive Hiring Practices for a Diverse Workforce
In this article, we look at 10 ways your company can create a more diverse workforce with inclusive hiring practices.
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Most Recent Articles
10 Top Ways to Recruit Mentors Within Your Business
How effective your mentoring program is entirely dependent on the participants you recruit. Mentoring within an organisation is becoming increasingly significant with 67% of businesses reporting an increase in productivity and 55% stating an increase in profits due to mentoring programs. Starting a program within your company is the start of truly exciting times ahead and a chance for real transformation.
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9 Reasons Why You Should Consider Being Mentored Before 2022
From the beginning of time, we've relied on the advice and guidance of others. We always see and hear stories about the benefits of being mentored or mentoring, but do we truly recognise the value being a mentee brings to our lives? 97% of professionals who have a mentor, believe they are valuable and make an immense impact, however, only 37% of professionals are involved in a mentoring relationship.
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How Companies Can Help Employees Achieve Financial Wellness
Even before Covid-19 shook our entire humanity and disrupted our lives, employees have already reported finances as their number one source of stress. This is more than their work situations, health issues, and family affairs. With the problems that the pandemic further pushed into their field of view, financial stress has only doubled, heightening their concerns and anxieties about how they will manage their money.
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What Is Career Promotion Anxiety and How To Prevent It
Career Promotion Anxiety is the feeling of uneasiness or fear of the work associated with the career promotion. While getting a promotion may seem to be a fulfilling and rewarding experience, you may also feel overwhelmed and nervous about your new role. A lot of employees have experienced getting anxious in their promoted careers.
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Coaching – Quick Tips to help HR Business Partners and People Managers
Coaching and Mentoring are often referred to together as one method for personal development support. There are some similarities between the two, but also some differences. Coaching is so important because it helps build trust and shows your interest and concern for people as well as your organisation. Done well, coaching can also enhance potential – a good coach recognises people’s abilities and focuses on developing their skills.
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The Benefits of PushFar's Open Mentoring Network
Founded in 2019, PushFar is the world’s leading open-network career progress platform, offering hundreds of organisations an efficient and cost-effective way to set up and run scalable mentoring programs. Since the start, our goal has been to form an environment where mentoring relationships can be built to last, making it easier for everyone to benefit from the amazing wonders of mentoring
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The 9 Most Common Soft Skills Employers Want
Candidates who maintain strong soft skills are currently in high demand by employers. Although every job specification declares the hard skills required, there are still particular soft skills companies look for when bringing people into the organisation
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