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# Wisdom Share Mentoring Blog

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### [Three Steps to Pulling off a Successful Reverse Mentoring Program](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tackle-skills-shortages-in-3-steps-with-reverse-mentoring)

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

[Reverse Mentoring](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/reverse-mentoring)[Happy Employees](https://www.mentorresources.com/mentoring-blog/tag/happy-employees)

“Maybe at this stage in my career, it’s from the younger generation that I have the most to learn.” ...

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### [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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### [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...