More Managers with Mentoring Skills Needed

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Enterprises need 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.

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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 with- “I don't need that... No excuses please..." and the kin (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Managers Need Mentoring Skills Bernardo Gamboa, Analyst, Peru, Member
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		Mentoring by Managers Leads to Organisational Excellence M.B. Mphahlele, Consultant, South Africa, Member
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		Mentoring is a Key Role/Responsibility of a Professional Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		Managers Should be Mentors, not Dictators Emilio Gonzalez, Manager, United States, Member
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		Mentoring is like Regular Maintenance of the Staff J A Hegarty, Business School Marketer, Ireland, Member
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		The Need for Managers to Take up Mentoring Winand Kissels, Interim Manager, Netherlands, Member
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		Manager as Mentor Hermanson, Business Consultant, United States, Member
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		No Managers without Mentoring Skills Saeed Fahim, Manager, United Arab Emirates, Member
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		Train Managers in Mentoring Skills Doug Lawrence, Entrepreneur, Canada, Member
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		Mentoring is a Tool Managers Use to Reach Company Success Cesar, Teacher, Mexico, Member
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		Mentoring is Key to Development of Others William Stadler, Manager, United States, Member
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		Mentoring is Key, But there are Requirements RiaRoy, Student (University), United States, Member
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		Requirements to make Mentoring a Success Doug Lawrence, Entrepreneur, Canada, Member
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		Mentoring Requires a Learning Organisation Richard Teo, CEO, Papua New Guinea, Member
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		Characteristics of Managers to be Good Mentors K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Mentoring by Managers of New Generations ANGSHUMAN, Manager, India, Member
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		Managers and Mentees Helen Strong, Business Consultant, South Africa, Premium Member
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		Mentoring Skills for Managers K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Mentoring Must Start at the Top Level Raza, Consultant, United States, Member
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		Key People of the Company Should Show Interest in Mentoring K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Exemplary Mentor / Mentoring Program: A Chimera? RiaRoy, Student (University), United States, Member
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		Managers (also as Mentors ) and Appreciative Inquiry K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Mentoring is also a Team-based Approach Richard Teo, CEO, Papua New Guinea, Member
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		As a Manager, Mentoring Others Should Be a Task SYMON E. ENYAPU, Student (University), Kenya, Member
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		Managers Mentoring Young Employees Jacob Tokame, Student (University), Ghana, Member
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		Managers as Mentors? Yes, But Do It Professionally Habtamu Kelemework
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		Exemplary Mentor / Mentoring Program: NOT a Chimera Doug Lawrence, Entrepreneur, Canada, Member
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		Good to Hear That ... Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India, Premium Member
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		Thanks for your Thoughts Sridhar Gopal, Management Consultant, India, Premium Member
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		Mentoring Managers Should Create an Environment for Knowledge Transfer Gacheru Mwangi, Lecturer, Kenya, Member
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		Mentoring is the Main Task for Successful Management Daniel Marin, Professor, Mexico, Member
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		Mentoring at the Workplace is Vital Titus Muzvuwe, Strategy Consultant, Zimbabwe, Member
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		Wrong Practices of Managers Mentoring Young Professionals owako, Manager, Kenya, Member
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		Managers Should Commit to Mentoring Young Professionals K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		No Subordinate/Supervisor Relationship in Mentoring subramanian, Business Consultant, India, Member
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		Corporative and Personal Culture on Mentoring Nelson Hernandez Manso
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