Use mentoring to improve staff performance
Advantages of mentoring
Guide
A well-structured mentoring programme can benefit both your business and your employees.
Mentoring: business benefits
Some benefits that mentoring can bring to your business are:
- staff development - employees being mentored will develop both in a professional and personal capacity
- business insight - broaden staff's insight into your business
- productivity and performance - increase productivity and improve the individual's performance
- staff retention - help to engage employees, which should lead to better retention levels and lower staff turnover
- knowledge sharing - give the mentor a sense of responsibility and the satisfaction of passing on their knowledge
- stronger relationships - build relationships between employees by encouraging the exchange of information and experience
Benefits of mentoring to the individual
Mentoring can be very beneficial to individuals being mentored including:
- integration - helping the individual integrate more effectively within the organisation
- confidence - increase the individual's confidence
- business awareness - give the mentee a stronger awareness of the culture and objectives of the business
- identify strengths and weaknesses - allow the mentee to acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses, which can in turn lead to faster learning and personal development
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