Why Mentorship Matters
After years of operating with lean teams, recent trends like the Great Resignation and quiet quitting have severely impacted the leadership pipeline in many organizations. A strategic approach to this challenge is to engage, train, and prepare future leaders early, and implementing a mentorship program can be a valuable tool in cultivating strong leadership now and down the road.
Mentoring initiatives can seed the succession pipeline and support key talent goals. Here are some key benefits.
- Retention: You can’t build a succession plan if people don’t stick around
- Career Development: Mentorship nurtures leadership and soft skills development while helping individuals gain confidence
- Leveraging Capacity: Managers often have limited bandwidth for coaching
- Cross-Training: Career paths are often very linear—people tend to stay within departments, moving from operator to supervisor to team lead to manager
- Cultivating Workplace Culture: Mentorship allows senior staff to demonstrate workplace expectations and sets the tone around communication and collaboration with other employees
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