Why Have A Coaching/Mentoring Program?

Solves many contemporary work force issues:

• Helps businesses retain the best employees.
• Eases communication breakdowns due to mergers and acquisitions.
• Develops leaders who can deal effectively with the information age.
• Recent hirees can develop profiles of success by learning from others with more experience and knowledge.
• Provides a method to coach executives.

What mentors/coachs can do?

• Give participants (protegees or mentees) knowledge, skills and insight offered by someone with greater experience.
• Introduce career-related-activities to enhance skills.
• Relate personal experiences that teach a lesson.
• Give access to other leaders in the field.
• Share knowledge of emerging trends.
• Introduce new behaviors that relate to specific needs within the organization.

 Who's doing it?

• 97% of corporations use coaching and mentoring, at least informally.
• 66% have formal executive mentoring programs.
• 38% have formal executive coaching programs.

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