3 Ways: Why Mentoring is the Key to Retaining Employees

Dear HR, Training and L&D Champions,

3 Ways: Why Mentoring is the Key to Retaining Employees

According to the 2016 Deloitte Millennial Survey, 63% of millennials say their leadership skills are not being fully developed. It also found that those intending to stay with their organization for more than five years are twice as likely to have a mentor (68%), than not (32%).  Millennials are frequently looking for purpose in their work, so allowing them to explore that space while they move through their career will increase their enjoyment with their job.

1st Way:  Conduct Reverse Mentoring

Reverse mentoring is an initiative where older executives are mentored by younger employees on topics like technology, social media and current trends. It is shocking and but try doing a pilot on Reverse Mentoring and you will be amazed of how this helps make your Millennials and even the Gen Z be more happier and finding a fulfilling purpose.

2nd Way: Micro Mentoring

A millennial may have multiple mentors over a small time frame, as they go to different resources for areas such as job searching, interviewing, salary negotiation, onboarding, team development, and working with a new manager. You can search this 'micro mentoring' engines and suggest to your millennials

3rd Way: Group Mentoring

This  methodology is for individual development that utilizes multiple experts and multiple learners in a group setting. Although structured as a group, learning is individual and each mentee works on their own unique learning needs and development goals. The benefit of group mentoring is alignment of skills to various mentors skills.

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