How to pursue and prioritize mentoring amid COVID-19
As we remain holed up at home, now is the perfect time to invest in someone else. Here’s how to help boost a colleague’s career— and enhance your own.
There is a huge need for mentoring right now, but the continued menace of COVID-19 is making it more difficult to connect in meaningful ways.
Employees are fearing for their health, their jobs and long-term career prospects. Many are shouldering additional household and caregiving responsibilities, and we’re all enduring heightened levels of stress.
Mentors reinforce confidence by providing a calming presence during difficult times. They help younger workers hone their skills and provide guidance for career adjustments. They’re instrumental in developing the organization’s internal talent and future leaders. Mentors can also increase professional opportunities for women and people of color. Unfortunately, many organizations don’t prioritize this practice, and thus fail to reap the harvest of higher productivity, retention and morale that mentoring can yield.
The decline of mentoring during COVID-19
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