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# Wisdom Share Mentoring Blog

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### [Gen Y and the War for Talent](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/101108/gen-y-and-the-war-for-talent)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)

Earlier this week, we gave a presentation on multigenerational issues in the workplace. HR Toolbox s...

### [More Thoughts on Being A Great Mentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/139100/more-thoughts-on-being-a-great-mentor)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)

Every mentor wants to be a Great Mentor – they want the personal benefits of a job well done, the jo...

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### [The Best Employee Resource Groups (ERGs and BRGs)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/136782/the-best-employee-resource-groups-ergs-and-brgs)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)

Dell received the 2012 DiversityInc Special Recognition award for the computer company’s commitment ...

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### [Diversity and Talent Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/136436/diversity-and-talent-development)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)[Novartis](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/novartis)

Who would have thought that a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, would have the best Diversity Tale...

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### [Maximizing Productivity of Knowledge Workers During Change](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/135933/maximizing-productivity-of-knowledge-workers-during-change)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Mentor Matching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-matching)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)[Knowledge Workers](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-workers)

Are your employees the heroes of your organization’s story? We spend a lot of time discussing knowle...

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### [Best Mentoring Blogs of the Year](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/134879/best-mentoring-blogs-of-the-year)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[Age Diversity in the Workplace](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/age-diversity-in-the-workplace)[Workforce Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/workforce-development)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Competitive Advantage](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/competitive-advantage)[Expand](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/expand)[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[Mentor Matching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-matching)[start](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/start)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)[NGO](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ngo)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)

Thank you for visiting the Mentor Resources blog. Thor-Eric Gullikson, one of Europe’s leading exper...

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### [Reverse Mentoring – Cisco’s Successful Mentor Program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/130898/reverse-mentoring-cisco-s-successful-mentor-program)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[Age Diversity in the Workplace](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/age-diversity-in-the-workplace)[Expand](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/expand)[Reverse Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/reverse-mentoring)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)

Cisco’s Reverse Mentoring Program had great success, and found five major themes became recurring to...

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### [Talent Management and Tomorrow’s Leaders](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/128409/talent-management-and-tomorrow-s-leaders)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Age Diversity in the Workplace](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/age-diversity-in-the-workplace)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)

Forbes has recently published two excellent articles about Millennials in the workplace which EVERY ...

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### [Diversity, BRGs, ERGs and Mentor Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/125914/diversity-brgs-ergs-and-mentor-programs)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)

Historically, managers would think of diversity in terms of race, but more recently most of us have ...

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### [eMentor for Business Coaching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/124566/ementor-for-business-coaching)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[Mentor Matching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-matching)[start](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/start)[Business Coaching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/business-coaching)[mentor software](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-software)

In an ideal world, everyone in your firm would instantly have the right answers to every messy chall...

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### [Leadership Training and eMentor Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/122560/leadership-training-and-ementor-programs)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[Mentor Program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-program)[Mentoring Program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring-program)

Each year, business leaders are challenged to develop and revise strategic plans for their company –...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hs-fs/file-17666399-jpg/images/eleanorroosevelt-resized-600.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/101114/mentoring-and-the-leadership-of-eleanor-roosevelt)

### [Mentoring and the Leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/101114/mentoring-and-the-leadership-of-eleanor-roosevelt)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Mentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor)[Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring)

Eleanor demonstrated leadership in the Progressive and Suffrage Movements, but in many ways her lead...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hs-fs/file-17673471-jpg/images/sutton-good-boss.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/101119/coaching-and-mentoring-to-be-a-good-boss-or-a-better-manager)

### [Coaching and Mentoring to be a Good Boss or a Better Manager](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/101119/coaching-and-mentoring-to-be-a-good-boss-or-a-better-manager)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[Workforce Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/workforce-development)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)[Good Boss](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/good-boss)[Coaching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/coaching)[Robert Sutton](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/robert-sutton)

Many of us have New Years Resolutions around becoming a better manager or a "good boss." So here ano...

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### [Mentoring and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) at Kraft Foods](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/111623/mentoring-and-employee-resource-groups-ergs-at-kraft-foods)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Management Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/management-development)[Leadership Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-development)[On Boarding](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/on-boarding)[Employee Value Proposition](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-value-proposition)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)[Mentoring Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring-programs)[Peer to Peer mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/peer-to-peer-mentoring)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)

Our December 18th blog covered the maturation process where an informal Affinity Group transitions t...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hs-fs/file-17674017-jpg/images/top_brain_functions_for_successful_managers-resized-600.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/114711/business-mentoring-and-the-brain)

### [Business Mentoring and the Brain](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/114711/business-mentoring-and-the-brain)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[Age Diversity in the Workplace](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/age-diversity-in-the-workplace)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Competitive Advantage](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/competitive-advantage)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)[SmartBrains](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/smartbrains)

Most managers want to be more effective at managing, and most talent development professionals alrea...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hs-fs/file-17665102-jpg/images/brg-resized-600.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/111584/from-affinity-group-to-employee-resource-group-erg)

### [From Affinity Group to Employee Resource Group (ERG)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/111584/from-affinity-group-to-employee-resource-group-erg)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Business Resource Group](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/business-resource-group)[Affinity Group](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/affinity-group)[Employee Resource Groups](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-resource-groups)

This blog has the subheading, Lessons Learned at the Out and Equal Conference, in Los Angeles. At th...

### [eMentoring and Mentoring Software Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/110348/ementoring-and-mentoring-software-programs)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Management Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/management-development)[Leadership Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-training)[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[Mentor Matching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-matching)

We get many questions on eMentoring and, as the second largest provider of Mentoring Software to the...

### [Coaching and Mentoring Success](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/110055/coaching-and-mentoring-success)

[Elizabeth Pearce](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/elizabeth-pearce)

[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Workforce Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/workforce-development)[Expand](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/expand)[start](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/start)[NGO](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ngo)

Coaching and mentoring partnerships which are successful share some common traits. In this blog, we ...