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Manager, mentor or coach? Help! We need some distinctions!

CLO Magazine

What is the difference between a leader, a manager, a coach and a mentor? Worse, the words leader , manager , coach and mentor are often used interchangeably. Others are telling their managers to mentor their people. Mentoring is used to express any number of activities, most of which are undefined.

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Want a more inclusive culture? Consider the power of peer leadership

CLO Magazine

For those still learning the ins and outs of a different culture, and perhaps struggling to achieve fluency in idiomatic/business English, work life presents daily challenges — and during these extraordinary times, such issues can seem overwhelming. They have plenty of mentors in a homogenous relationship.

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Creating a Culture of Servant Leadership

CLO Magazine

When you describe your corporate culture, is being of service to one another and the community a core value? Creating a culture of servant leadership requires certain behaviors and actions. Following are eight practices to create a culture of servant leadership in your organization. Mentor, coach and develop.

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Essential skills today’s leaders need to navigate ambiguity and activate talent

CLO Magazine

This elevates the sense of trust and ownership, strengthening relationships between leaders and employees, as well as generating diversity of thought which can drive innovation across the whole organization. One participant came forward and said he wished he’d learned coaching skills when he first became a manager—38 years ago!

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Get on board with reverse mentoring

CLO Magazine

One such practice is to encourage and support reverse mentoring and incorporate it as a norm within your organizational culture. What is reverse mentoring? Reverse mentoring is the same concept but often featuring a younger employee imparting know-how and improved methods to an older, perhaps more workplace-experienced worker.

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Trust Busted

CLO Magazine

According to recent reports, only 45 percent of employees have trust and confidence in the job being done by their organization’s top leaders. Covey, author of “The Speed of Trust” and co-founder of the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice, but there is hope because trust is something leaders can learn to build. “It

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Mentoring Matters, Especially for Women and Minorities

CLO Magazine

found that organizations in the top quartile for ethnic and cultural diversity on their executive teams were 33 percent more likely to experience above-average profitability than companies in the bottom quartile. One way to increase diversity in leadership roles is to improve mentoring opportunities for women and minorities.