More than ever before, organizations, large and small, are
investing in mentoring and looking outside traditional mentoring
paradigms to raise the bar on the practice of mentoring. The
best chance for fulfilling the potential of mentoring and ensuring
mentoring excellence lies in creating a mentoring culture.
A mentoring culture continuously focuses on building the mentoring
capacity, competence, and capability of the organization. It
encourages the practice of mentoring excellence by continuously
creating readiness for mentoring within the organization, facilitating
multiple mentoring opportunities, and building in support mechanisms
and safety nets to ensure individual and organizational mentoring
success.
The presence of eight hallmarks are the distinguishing
features of a mentoring culture:
- Alignment
- Accountability
- Communication
- Demand
- Education and Training
- Multiple Mentoring Opportunities
- Safety-nets
- Value and Visibility
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