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Michael D. Moore
Entrepreneur, United States
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Why is Mentoring Under-utilized?
Mentoring can be one of the most effective training and empowering tools available. I am concerned as to why the mentoring process is so underutilized.
Most mentoring in companies takes place on an informal basis. More experienced people take others under their wing.
Companies would do well to formalize mentoring and make it a strategic strength.
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Radhakrishnan
Financial Consultant, India
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Managing versus Mentoring
There is a big difference between managing (more crudely bossing) and mentoring. Most senior members are not ready to give that extra effort in taking interest in a subordinate's career.
One more thing is many companies make the mistake of having the manager and mentor as the same person which does not workout fine.
There must also be some accountability for the same.
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kierdorff, Netherlands
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Mentoring is not a Computer Application
Mentoring has been a part of one's personal development since ages. In the last decades this has changed (specially in t...
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Corbette Doyle
Professor, United States
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Why is Mentoring Underutilized?
Many companies have launched formal mentoring programs, some of which are aided by software solutions by companies like ...
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Richard Townsend, United States
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Mentoring Sucks in Practice
In todays business environment, at least in the United States, where workload per person has increased without an approp...
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Schoesetters
Student (Other), Belgium
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Mentoring takes Courage (and Cuirage)
Once upon a time... Mentoring was the way to learn specific skills. You could turn to someone experienced and that perso...
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Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
Manager, India
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Don't Need Help
My faculty has reported several times that the new recruits do not want to be mentored... They feel they know everything...
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John C. Howard
Strategy Consultant, United States
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Mentors Need to Make Themselves Available
It is a two-sided system:
- Mentors need to make themselves available so that proteges know who they are and what they ...
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SATISH PANDE
Business Consultant, India
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RE: Don't Need Help..
The new recruits are 'new'. They hesitate to enter the well established club of seniors. There are psychological reasons...
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Phillip Nel
Director, South Africa
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Why Under-utilisation of Mentoring
The level of formalisation for the mentoring program is a function of the maturity of the leadership and mentees:
- In ...
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steven zuback
Coach, United States
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Reasons for Mentoring Underutilization
My experience has shown me that most mentoring programs are underutilized because:-
- There is no clarity about what th...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Mentoring Should be Formalized and Made into a Strategic Strength
I agree with Michael's comments regarding the fact that most mentoring today is informal, and that corporate America wou...
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Robert J. Yeldell
Coach, United States
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Mentoring Needs 2 Volunteers
Effective mentoring can only take place when the mentee seeks to be mentored and the mentor wants to mentor. Corporate "...
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Stringer
Student (University), Australia
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Why is Mentoring Underutilised
John Kotter proposed (HBR 1990?) that business over manages and under leads. He we went on to explain that mentoring was...
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David knight
Student (University), Australia
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Mentoring is a Two Way Street
Most companies or organisations fail to see the true benefits that mentoring offers. When new employees are brought aboa...
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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
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Why Mentoring is Underutilized
Mentoring is generally underutilized because of the time and effort which go with it. Leaders would rather go into "coac...
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joko triyono
Director, Indonesia
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Mentoring Not Part of KPIs
Many great successes had somebody directly / indirectly mentoring.
Unfortunetely, mentoring is not a part of key perfor...
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Tinus van der Merwe, Saudi Arabia
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Managing <> Mentoring
The manager as mentor does not work, since:
- the mentoring relationship is more trusting and intimate than the manager...
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esther agali
Student (MBA), Uganda
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Mentoring - Who Accredits?
Thank you colleagues... These are great insights! Sometimes it is an issue of who gives an individual the mandate to men...
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Sridharan Krishnaswami
Teacher, United States
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Mutual Willingness
Mentoring must be based on mutual readiness and willingness to give and receive. I am not sure if mentoring should be "m...
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Kimberly justice, United States
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Why is Mentoring Under-utilized?
1) Mentoring is seen as helping a younger person gain skills instead of focusing how someone can better fit into the cul...
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D P BABU
Strategy Consultant, India
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Mentoring Must Develop from Social and Emotional Bondage
Visualizing the organization as a social system, in an enriched inter personal relations scenario, mentoring aids manage...
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Jayaram
Project Manager, India
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Mentor ≠ Manager
I agree with Mr. Radhakrishnanan. A mentor and the boss must require different profiles. The effective mentoring is only...
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Bill Young
Consultant, Switzerland
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Why is Mentoring Under-utilized
Mentoring SYSTEMS are under-utilised because they exist.
A mentee must be allowed to choose a mentor and to proceed in ...
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Jackie Yeoh
Manager, Malaysia
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Not Seeing the Need for Mentoring
Mentoring is under-utilised because head of departments don't see the needs to mentor.
Should a head of department depl...
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andy loebl
Project Manager, United States
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Looking 'Polished'
I have been both the recipient and the offeror of mentoring. I agree that relationship is important. I also feel my expe...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Mentoring Makes Mentee Appear Vulnerable
I agree with Andy that seeking a mentor can make an employee appear vulnerable, when seeking a mentor is actually a sign...
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Reginald Mathe Mazibuko
Director, South Africa
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Mentoring Works Only at High, Executive Levels
I think a point has been made that where the organisation has identified an individual as a high probability successor o...
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Lindiwe Shongwe
HR Consultant, South Africa
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Why is Mentoring Under-utilized
In my organisation mentors are appointed its not voluntary in most cases and this has resulted in mentors not being comm...
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Samuell Yew
Project Manager, Malaysia
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Lacking Trust and Respect
Mentoring requires mutual trust and respect between mentor and mentee. In organizations where mutual trust and respect d...
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Madan Gopal Agarwal
Business Consultant, India
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Mentoring is a Major, Medium-Term Investment
To me, mentoring is a developmental process in which a more experienced person helps a less experienced, but up-and-comi...
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Naved Adeel
Strategy Consultant, India
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Focusing on What Went Wrong
The reason that mentoring process is underutilized is because most people (mentor and mentee both) would focus a lot of ...
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NYAMEKA MAKITSHI
Manager, South Africa
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Resistance to Mentoring
Mentoring is a key to many doors for some professions but there has been some form of resistance when invitations are se...
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Sabine Pitcher
Manager, United Kingdom
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Mentoring is Largely Misunderstood
Mentoring needs to be part of a development structure - with mentors and mentees carefully selected and matched (and not...
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Udit Chaudhuri
Business Consultant, India
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No Clear Course Set
A mentor helps the mentee to find questions as against a coach answering them. The mentor can help you stay on course ...
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James Faulkner
Project Manager, United States
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Telling Instead of Asking
Mentors often seek to educate or pass on a skill. The best mentors (imho) are the ones who get mentorees to think in a n...
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Aquatix Pharma, Nigeria
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Mentoring Must be Voluntary
The mentors must not be forced on the mentees. The mentees should be free to choose his/her mentor in a mutually and agr...
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Robert Scott
Management Consultant
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Mentoring Needs Structured Environment
Whether it is called mentoring, training or development, we are talking about the transfer of knowledge and / or skills....
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Andrei Madly
Manager, Romania
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Mentoring is Mentality Shaping
I understand mentoring as mentality shaping, and that goes deeper than just transfer of knowledge and skill: we have tea...
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Tinus van der Merwe, Saudi Arabia
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Support for Mentoring is Missing
My experience shows that it is absolutely vital that mentoring should be voluntary, for it to be successful. However, it...
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Samuel Chinyoka
Professor, Botswana
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No Benefits for Mentor
Mentoring fails in most organizations because there are no direct benefits down the line accruing to the mentor. In mult...
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Kathleen R. Parrish
United States
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Technical Mentoring Can Backfire
After several years of avid pursuit of knowledge transfer via technical mentoring, members of sr. management are now mak...
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Jolanta Sz
Professor, Poland
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Mentoring Requires Experience
It's obvious that not everybody can be a good mentor. Among other things, a mentor should have experience. One can imagi...
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Mrs. Josephine Idele
Partner, Nigeria
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Why is Mentoring Under Utilised
Since mentoring is about sharing knowledge, expertise and experience, many people can share their experiences but not ev...
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Rex Buckingham
Consultant, Australia
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Mentoring - to Be or not to Be
Mentoring is such an under utilised and misunderstood concept.
Not everyone is either made out to be a mentor and at t...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Mentoring Requires Trust and Timing
I agree Rex with all the elements of mentoring you mentioned. I have witnessed first hand a person being successfully me...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Mentoring Sucks in Practice - Shame on You
@Richard Townsend: If your contention is that mentoring sucks in practice, then it does not reflect well on either your ...
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NYAMEKA MAKITSHI
Manager, South Africa
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Mentoring is Sometimes Misunderstood
The concept of mentoring is misunderstood in the workplace. Due to this, it becomes unpleasant.
I understand mentoring...
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Tinus van der Merwe, Saudi Arabia
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Mentoring your Own People
I don't get it that managers try to mentor their own direct reports, most of the time it just does not work....
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Mentoring your Own People
@Tinus van der Merwe: Sorry, I do not understand your comment. Please expand for me....
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Tinus van der Merwe, Saudi Arabia
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Managers Mentoring Their Direct Reports
@Andrew Blaine: Mentoring involves deep personal issues being shared with the mentor. This requires trust in the mentor....
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Mentoring ≠ Coaching
@Tinus van der Merwe: Thank you for your clarification. It appears that we differ in defining mentoring. What you refer ...
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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The Difference Between Mentoring and Coaching
Please refer here for a full discussion on mentoring versus coaching.
The conclusion there seems to be that the terms a...
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Doug Lawrence
Entrepreneur, Canada
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Why is Mentoring Under-utilized... Lack of Training
@Lindiwe Shongwe: I can appreciate your concerns and valid comments. Forcing people to participate in the mentoring proc...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Under Utilisation of Mentoring
@Jaap de Jonge: In your commentary you detail the reason that mentoring is underutilized viz. it is generally considere...
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Andrew Blaine
Business Consultant, South Africa
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Mentoring - an Essential Ability in Any Good Manager
@Radhakrishnan: I do not feel that managing and mentoring are separate functions. In my opinion, mentoring is part of s...
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