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# Wisdom Share Mentoring Blog

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### [30 Inspirational Quotes on Learning and Mentorship](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/30-inspirational-quotes-on-learning-and-mentorship)

[Andy Holmes](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/andy-holmes)

[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Inspirational Quotes](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/inspirational-quotes)

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his ow...

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### [Remote Work: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/remote-work-challenges-and-solutions)

[Andy Holmes](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/andy-holmes)

[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Mentor Matching](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-matching)[Human Resources](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/human-resources)[Web-Based Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/web-based-mentoring)[Things To Do When Working Virtually](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/things-to-do-when-working-virtually)

In March of 2020, the bulk of the United States of America went into a shelter-in-place to slow the ...

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### [Are You Expecting Too Much From Your Mentoring Software?](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/are-you-making-these-3-mentoring-mistakes-5)

[Kim Wise](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/kim-wise)

[Mentor Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-programs)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Mentoring ROI](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring-roi)[mentor software](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-software)[Corporate Mentoring Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/corporate-mentoring-programs)[Online Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/online-mentoring)[Web-Based Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/web-based-mentoring)[mentoring research](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring-research)

Are you making it hard for your mentors and mentees to succeed? These mentoring mistakes can ruin a ...

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### [ARE YOU MAKING THESE THREE MENTORING MISTAKES?](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/are-you-making-these-3-mentoring-mistakes)

[Kim Wise](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/kim-wise)

[Mentor Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-programs)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Mentoring ROI](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring-roi)[mentor software](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-software)[Corporate Mentoring Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/corporate-mentoring-programs)[Online Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/online-mentoring)[Web-Based Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/web-based-mentoring)[mentoring research](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentoring-research)

Are you making it hard for your mentors and mentees to succeed? These mentoring mistakes can ruin a ...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hubfs/When%20Mentoring%20is%20like%20a%20Bad%20Blind%20Date.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/143517/when-mentoring-is-like-a-bad-blind-date)

### [When Mentoring is like a Bad Blind Date](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/143517/when-mentoring-is-like-a-bad-blind-date)

[Kim Wise](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/kim-wise)

[Leadership Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/leadership-development)[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)[Mentor Program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-program)[Social Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/social-learning)[Reverse Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/reverse-mentoring)

Is Poor Mentor Matching Like a Bad Blind Date? You match partners thinking they'll be perfect but th...

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### [Hey Bob! I have questions about my business](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/140714/hey-bob-i-have-questions-about-my-business)

[Bob Gibson](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/bob-gibson)

[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)[Competitive Advantage](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/competitive-advantage)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)[Questions about Business](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/questions-about-business)

I’m thinking about hosting a call-in radio show called “Hey Bob”– where people call in with question...

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### [Mentoring – Is it Cost Effective?](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/139087/mentoring-is-it-cost-effective)

[Bob Gibson](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/bob-gibson)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Management Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/management-development)[Workforce Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/workforce-development)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)

In the course of our work here at Mentor Resources, we interact with several hundred companies a yea...

### [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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### [What It Takes To Be A Great Mentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/139085/what-it-takes-to-be-a-great-mentor)

[Bob Gibson](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/bob-gibson)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Diversity](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/diversity)[Management Development](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/management-development)[Employee Engagement](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/employee-engagement)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[NGO](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ngo)[Great Mentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/great-mentor)

Here at Mentor Resources we interact with thousands of people who act as mentors in the course of a ...

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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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### [Social Learning and Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/128934/social-learning-and-mentoring)

[Kim Wise](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/kim-wise)

[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)[Social Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/social-learning)[Knowledge Workers](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-workers)

Social Learning or Collaborative Learning has come of age: A radical concept just a few years ago, m...

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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 ...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hs-fs/file-17670029-png/images/mentoring_as_performance_support-resized-600.png)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/122183/slowlearning-for-accelerated-corporate-training)

### [SlowLearning for Accelerated Corporate Training](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/122183/slowlearning-for-accelerated-corporate-training)

[Kim Wise](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/kim-wise)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Competitive Advantage](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/competitive-advantage)[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[Knowledge Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/knowledge-management)

A few years back, Clark Quinn coined the term, SlowLearning. Those responsible for corporate trainin...

[![](https://www.mentorresources.com/hs-fs/file-17669690-jpg/images/mentor_guru_bob_gibson-resized-600.jpg)](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/119751/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-corporate-training-budget)

### [How to Get the Most From Your Corporate Training Budget](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/bid/119751/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-corporate-training-budget)

[Bob Gibson](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/author/bob-gibson)

[Talent Management](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/talent-management)[Learning](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/learning)[Competitive Advantage](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/competitive-advantage)[eMentor](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/ementor)[mentor program software](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-program-software)[mentor software](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/mentor-software)[Corporate Mentoring Programs](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/corporate-mentoring-programs)[Corporate Training Budget](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/corporate-training-budget)

Here’s a statistic that blew me away: Corporate Training Budgets add up to a $50 billion industry. 5...

[![](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-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...