I have been lucky enough to see first hand the power of mentorship, both as a mentor and mentee, throughout my career.  I have been involved in mentoring both inside and out of work, most recently mentoring a young woman at high school, through The Girls Network.  These programmes do not just enable you to learn when you are being mentored, they also significantly develop your skills base when you are the mentor yourself.   

Mentoring programmes are well known and established in many workplaces, and their success can be seen through higher retention rates and more engaged employees.  A more fluid and open approach post pandemic is now needed, enabling leaders to develop their teams to enjoy personal growth both in and outside of the workplace.  

Here are three ways in which mentor programmes can evolve;

Just as the pandemic and the Great Resignation have forced us to rethink how we work, they also require us to reassess how we engage employees and support personal growth within (and outside) of the workplace.
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