Please try again. The Importance of Mentoring in the Workplace November 20, That's where mentoring in the workplace comes in. What is Mentoring in the Workplace? Benefits of Mentoring in the Workplace Mentoring comes with a whole host of benefits throughout organisations, from personal development, to mental health, to employee retention. Source Benefits to the Mentor There are also many positive benefits for those doing the mentoring.
With studies having shown an increase in: Self-confidence Communication skills Job satisfaction Loyalty to their company Fulfilment at work Harvard Business Review conducted a study researching the positive effects mentoring can have on the mentors themselves, and found that that people who served as mentors experienced lower levels of anxiety, and described their job as more meaningful, than those who did not mentor.
Benefits to the Organisation The positive outcomes of mentoring stretch far beyond personal development for the people involved in the partnerships.
Quality - Dr. Edwards Deming has shown that organizations that actively care about the quality of their organization are more profitable. The first step to improved quality is making sure everyone is following your current internal process. You cannot improve your internal processes if everyone is ignoring them.
The best way to insure consistency is to make sure junior employees are taught the right way in the first place. Synergy - Mentoring gives employees, both mentors and mentees the opportunity to be better and more productive than either could be individually. Mentor - mentee teams accomplish more than individual contributors because the highly skilled mentor can focus more effectively on the high skilled areas of his work while off loading the less skill-intensive work to the mentee.
The mentee preforms more effectively because he is working within his current range of expertise and does not get stuck or road blocked trying to handle things outside his skill level. As a member of the team, the mentee not only learns how the mentor handles the highly skilled aspects of the job, but also gets credit for the successes of the team, leading to increased enthusiasm and performance in the job.
As an added benefit to the mentor, when senior employees mentor others, they hone their own skills more effectively in the process. Reduce Frustration - Employees that don't understand their jobs and don't know where to go for help become frustrated.
Frustration leads to morale problems beyond the individual employee and lead to higher turnover. Mentoring provides an avenue for employees to find resources and answers to problems, to empower employees to resolve their problems themselves. Mentorship programs benefit employers and their employees in multiple measurable and visible ways:. The mentor experience positively influences job satisfaction among new employees. The addition of a mentor program helps to create a positive work environment, and a higher level of employee satisfaction leads to improved retention.
Diversity and inclusion are significant challenges for organizations too. Mentoring programs can help promote diversity in leadership by encouraging the sharing of opinions, knowledge, and ideas throughout an organization. A successful mentor program can serve to better attract and retain employees from all different backgrounds and walks of life. For example, employees of differing generations paired together could discuss topics like technological changes or a strong work ethic.
The addition of a mentorship program can spark greater leadership development , which can help with succession planning for the future. Mentees experience faster progression in their growth and institutional knowledge, and the mentor deepens their sense of purpose and strengthens their leadership position within the organization.
If you need help retaining your employees and preparing them for the future, starting a mentoring program can help. The steps to create a workplace mentoring program are:. When you first set out to start a mentor program you will need to decide what your objectives are and how you will measure them. In this stage, you can also decide who is eligible to be a mentor and what that criteria looks like, as well as who the mentees are.
Are they a teammate or manager? What about a mentor? Having a formal, or even informal, mentorship program can make a positive difference when connecting various generations and experience levels.
So, why not make the connection, spread your knowledge and encourage others to do the same at your company! Alexa Greer.
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