What is a Mentor?

A mentor is a trusted guide who motivates, inspires, and supports people to achieve their goals and aspirations. A mentoring relationship can be formal or informal and is focused on achieving the goals and aspirations of the mentee.

How do I know if I need a Mentor?

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What does a Mentor do?

A mentor serves as a coach, sounding board, and voice of reason. Professional mentors are trusted resources who are skilled at:

• Active listening

• Identifying behaviors that are holding you back

• Inspiring you to be brave and take on new challenges

• Offering encouragement

• Being honest

• Asking challenging questions

• Developing your leadership skills

• Providing insight into navigating corporate culture and office politics

• Determining how to gain exposure and visibility within an organization

• Identifying high impact networking opportunities

• Developing change agility

Are there statistics on the benefits of having a Mentor?

In addition to testimonials, the follow statistics demonstrate the value of effective mentoring:

• 96% of executives say mentoring is an important development tool (Source: Account Temp)

• 95% of mentoring participants said the experience motivated them to do their very best (Source: The War for Talent)

• 86% of more than 2,220 CFO's (Chief Financial Officer) said that having a mentor is important for career development (Source: Account Temp)

• 77% of companies say mentoring programs increase staff retention (Source: The Center for Creative Leadership)

• 75% of executives point to mentoring as playing key roles in their careers (Source: ASTD)

• 65% of women who have been mentored will go on to become mentors themselves (Source: Catalyst)

• 44% of CEOs list mentoring programs as one of the three most effective strategies to enhance women's advancement to senior management (Source: Dr. Belle Ragins for Catalyst)

• CEOs attribute mentoring as one of the top three factors affecting career growth (Source: AccountTemps survey of Fortune 500 companies)

• Employees who received mentoring were promoted 5 times more often than people who didn't have mentors (Source: Sun Microsystems)