Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Engagement, Kim Post, Talent Development.
No commentsJack Welch is generally credited with creating reverse mentoring a decade ago when he directed his top 500 managers to get a technologically savvy junior employee to teach them how to use the internet. The idea was that the junior person would be the senior person’s mentor. What happened, of course, was that the junior [...]
Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Efficacy, Mike Hyter, Talent Development.
No commentsI was in London recently speaking to a number of senior level HR leaders for various companies. The topic was about how to increase the level of Diversity and Inclusion within their respective businesses. I always enjoy having the chance to engage with leaders from other countries, it’s quite an educational experience. As I spoke [...]
Posted in Kim Post, Talent Development.
No commentsI was intrigued by the research conducted by Catalyst and reported in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) indicating that traditional mentoring may not improve the potential for women to advance in their careers after all. More companies than ever before have mentoring programs for women (59% of companies surveyed by the World Economic Forum). Yet [...]
Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Efficacy, Mike Hyter.
No commentsSteve Jobs, the well-known founder of Apple, was such a visionary whose contributions are too lengthy to list. The business that he and his team built has truly altered how individuals and businesses communicate and how the world utilizes technology. It was sad to hear the recent news of his passing, but it was also [...]
Posted in Diversity & Inclusion, Efficacy, Mike Hyter, Talent Development.
2 commentsI was recently interviewed by Anne Fisher for Fortune magazine’s Ask Annie career advice column about whether a “bamboo ceiling” exists in U.S. companies. The letter writer was an Asian-American who was recently passed over for a promotion in favor of an allegedly less qualified non-Asian candidate. This topic sparked a discussion for me with [...]
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