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More Managers with Mentoring Skills Needed
Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India, Member
Enterprises need mentoring as a managerial skill. Because it is a key contributor to human and business productivity. The HR function must stress the need for this and assist the managers to cultivate this trait by education through the company’s programs.
In my professional experience spanning nearly two decades, I learned that there is a need for a manager to be a mentor. Most managers that I worked with were professionals directing the business by CONTROLLING the resources, expenditure and even their people. Doing so resulted in GOOD REVENUES for the companies they work for. However their professionals are showing PROBLEMATIC CAREERS going through a zig zag motion while working with these managers.
The key reason being these managers were "TASK MANAGERS" rather than "PROBLEM SOLVERS". As a task master my managers used to begin a meeting with "what’s the project status?..." and the presentations used to be often interrupted ...
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Managers Need Mentoring Skills
Bernardo Gamboa, Analyst, Peru, Member I agree. Mentoring is key in the development of new talent. Managers need to understand his role in order to narrow the gap between the knowledge and ... |
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Managers Should be Mentors, not Dictators
Emilio Gonzalez, Manager, United States, Member Unfortunately lately there are to many "Manager" that think that being dictators and spreading fear is the best way to act and get results. Managers s... |
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Mentoring is like Regular Maintenance of the Staff
J A Hegarty, Business School Marketer, Ireland, Member Organisations have equipment, premises and staff. Regular maintenance must be carried out on the physical structure of the premises, and on all equipm... |
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The Need for Managers to Take up Mentoring
Winand Kissels, Interim Manager, Netherlands, Member Completely right... Over the year I have learned to value mentorship.
As consultant I do recommend mentorship especially for new and particular j... |
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Manager as Mentor
Hermanson, Business Consultant, United States, Member Right on target. This is particularly acute in small technology firms. Project teams are generally self-motivated to apply their skills and accomplish... |
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No Managers without Mentoring Skills
Saeed Fahim, Manager, United Arab Emirates, Member I read with great interest all the comments and wonder whether the term manger has been loosely defined and used? Over the span of my career one did n... |
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Train Managers in Mentoring Skills
Doug Lawrence, Entrepreneur, Canada, SIG Leader For managers to be successful the organization's leadership development program needs to have mentoring as a key element to the program. What is also ... |
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Mentoring is Key to Development of Others
William Stadler, Manager, United States, Member I agree with all of these posts, which to me, indicate that the business culture has lost sight of the appreciation for the people, which collectively... |
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Mentoring is Key, But there are Requirements
RiaRoy, Student (University), United States, Member From my perspective, a good mentoring can only happen when the mentor is completely confident in his/ her abilities, there is leadership and organizat... |
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Requirements to make Mentoring a Success
Doug Lawrence, Entrepreneur, Canada, SIG Leader Some great contributions to this topic!
The success of a mentoring program in an organization is hinged on four key elements:
1) Corporate S... |
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Mentoring Requires a Learning Organisation
Richard Teo, CEO, Papua New Guinea, Member Mentoring" is an overused word. We expect managers to know what it means and to practice it! Not so if he/she doesn't have the knowledge and skills to... |
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Characteristics of Managers to be Good Mentors
K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member Totally agreed - a Manager has to be a Mentor. To find good candidates for managers being able to mentor well, organizations have to look for managers... |
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Mentoring by Managers of New Generations
ANGSHUMAN, Manager, India, Member I agree with the concept, but the first thing is that the Manager should know that there is nothing to lose for him, and that he will gain by mentorin... |
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Managers and Mentees
Helen Strong, Business Consultant, South Africa, Member Totally agree that people need constructive leadership and a learning environment to reach their full potential.
However, are you going to find t... |
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Mentoring Must Start at the Top Level
Raza, Consultant, United States, Member Thanks for this interesting article.
However, from my experience working in four continents I have learned that no matter what mentoring skills o... |
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Mentoring is also a Team-based Approach
Richard Teo, CEO, Papua New Guinea, Member All good comments but seem to be top-down as the operative function. Mentoring should be also team-based.
Assuming that managers have the skills ... |
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As a Manager, Mentoring Others Should Be a Task
SYMON E. ENYAPU, Student (University), Kenya, Member It is a good idea to mentor others, especially in this impersonal digital world. I like mentoring both outside and inside a job or profession.
I ... |
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Managers Mentoring Young Employees
Jacob Tokame, Student (University), Ghana, Member This is timely. l believe if the good managers today can mentor the young ones, the world of business has a good future.... |
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Managers as Mentors? Yes, But Do It Professionally
Habtamu Kelemework, Student (Other), Ethiopia, Member I agree with Mr. Sridhar Gopal's idea and all the comments given above. Managers should have to mentor their workers. However, the way they mentor mat... |
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Good to Hear That ...
Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India, Member @ Doug Lawrence: That's good to hear Doug. There are a number of them, including me who had a chance to get mentors ... |
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Thanks for your Thoughts
Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India, Member Thanks very much to all here and those who cared to read this post.This has been a very good learning session for me.
I tried to reach everyone o... |
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Mentoring at the Workplace is Vital
Titus Muzvuwe, Strategy Consultant, Zimbabwe, Member I believe everyone can be a mentor regardless of qualifications and education level.
The problem with mentoring nowadays is that the mentor needs... |
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