A mentor is not necessarily your boss, as in academia. Your industrial boss is actually your customer first and foremost. Though it’s possible your boss can be your mentor, you shouldn’t assume this.

Welcome to “Pressing Questions,” Fast Company‘s mini advice column. Twice a week, Deputy Editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace ...

Mentoring, mentoring, mentoring: it’s the first thing that employers and advocates propose when lamenting the dearth of women and ethnic minorities in the investment sphere (and every industry). Baby ...

Being a mentor at work is a rewarding experience that not only helps others but also allows you to develop your own leadership skills. However, being a good mentor requires time and effort, which can ...

Identifying and building relationships with mentors in the working world can be incredibly challenging, for multiple reasons. Many people are too busy to take on this additional responsibility. Some ...

Decades of research has demonstrated how junior employees benefit from being mentored. Guidance from senior colleagues has also been shown to enhance mentees’ job performance and satisfaction. We know ...

Forward-looking organizations use hybrid and remote mentoring to solve one of the biggest challenges in hybrid and remote work: on-the-job training and integration of junior employees. Yet despite ...

Mentoring has been getting a bad rap over the past few years. As the battle to get and keep more women in leadership positions rages on, and endless versions of the same strategies and programs are ...

Mentoring is a critical tool in faculty development and in facilitating faculty success and retention. Under the leadership of Dr. Alecia Gross, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development, we ...

Numerous models exist for mentoring, many which are phase-based originating from Kram (1983, 1988). For undergraduate research (UR), considering the breadth of UR types (e.g., creative, STEM, social ...