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The first few weeks on the job have a huge impact on how an employee will perform within the organization in the coming months—and often even years. It is during this time that they build their first relationships, become familiar with the organizational culture, learn the processes, and begin to understand what the organization expects […]
A similar situation arises in many mentoring programs. An organization begins recruiting mentors, and some potential candidates don’t even consider applying. The reason? Very often, it’s not a lack of experience, but the belief: “I’m not good enough yet to be a mentor.” Some people imagine a mentor as someone with over a decade of […]
Goals are the absolute foundation of the mentoring process. They are what make mentoring not a series of loose conversations, but a structured development process that has direction, meaning and measurable results. Without clearly defined goals, it’s very easy to fall into a pattern of meetings that are valuable here and now, but don’t lead […]
Gallup recently released the next edition of its State of the Global Workplace report – one of the most important surveys on the global labor market. The conclusions? Disturbing. We are once again seeing a decline in employee engagement – in Europe and globally. This is an important signal to organizations: the problem is no […]
Mentoring is growing faster today than ever before. More and more companies, universities and industry organizations are implementing mentoring programs as part of employee, student and young talent development. We see this in our example as well – in 2025 Mentiway benefited about 2,500 participants in 44 mentoring programs, and in 2026 it will be […]
Until a few years ago, employee development was mainly associated with training plans and building the competencies of the future. Today, we are increasingly talking about something else – dealing with uncertainty. Technological changes, the rise of AI, the dynamic geopolitical situation and increasing pressures at work are causing employees to function in an environment […]
In the article on the mentor of a mentoring program, we wrote about the competencies and responsibilities of the person coordinating mentoring in an organization. In turn, in text about assessing the standard and quality of the program, in the context of the 6 principles of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, we emphasized that […]
The pairing of mentors and mentees is one of the key moments of any mentoring program. It is the quality of the match that largely determines whether the mentoring relationship will realistically support development or become merely a formal part of the program. The larger the number of participants, the greater the challenge of pairing […]
The 70-20-10 model has functioned for years as one of the most widely used approaches to designing employee development. It’s simple, intuitive, and reflects very well how people actually learn – not only in training, but more importantly in their daily work and relationships with others. Mentoring fits perfectly into this model. What’s more – […]
Mentoring in organizations is growing faster today than ever before. More and more companies are launching mentoring programs as part of their employee, leadership and talent development strategies. Along with this popularity, however, there is also a growing risk that the quality of mentoring processes will decline – especially when mentoring is implemented without clearly […]