Reverse mentoring can benefit young or less-experienced employees who want to develop their skills. Here are some tips on how to get started
Following my blogs on how to find a professional mentor and how to become a mentor, I've noticed a new trend: reverse mentoring. This involves a less experienced or younger person guiding a colleague.
Organisations are increasingly taking note of reverse mentoring. I've also been approached more and more by chief executives and board members asking for my advice about how to use social media and blogging. Of course, reverse mentoring doesn't always have to involve new technologies, although given the nature of the relationship, it often does.
Kevin Baughen, director of the charity marketing and communications consultancy Bottom Line Ideas, has been both a reverse mentor and mentee. He thinks there are many benefits for participants, both organisations and individuals, from increased skills to the fresh view gained by senior people.
Following my blogs on how to find a professional mentor and how to become a mentor, I've noticed a new trend: reverse mentoring. This involves a less experienced or younger person guiding a colleague.
Organisations are increasingly taking note of reverse mentoring. I've also been approached more and more by chief executives and board members asking for my advice about how to use social media and blogging. Of course, reverse mentoring doesn't always have to involve new technologies, although given the nature of the relationship, it often does.
Kevin Baughen, director of the charity marketing and communications consultancy Bottom Line Ideas, has been both a reverse mentor and mentee. He thinks there are many benefits for participants, both organisations and individuals, from increased skills to the fresh view gained by senior people.
- 6/6/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
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