Mentoring
Blair’s e-mentoring unlocks women’s potential
In emerging economies there is a much greater return on investing in female entrepreneurs than in males, said Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. The
In the beginning…
In the first in a series of columns dedicated to mentoring, we take a look at the background and revival of this increasingly popular intervention. Lis Merrick and Paul Stokes Mentoring
Organisations to step up ‘informal’ learning
Organisations are planning to increase cheap internal activities such as peer mentoring and informal knowledge-sharing, says research by Henley. The majority of organisations
The long view
There’s no such thing as a job for life, not even for senior managers. That’s why a new mentoring programme in Ireland for redundant executives has proved to
Coaching on the rise in NGOs
Internal coaching and mentoring is on the increase in international humanitarian and development organisations. The increase is not just due to cost reasons but because it
McMahon and Clutterbuck are our People of the Year
This year’s Coaching at Work Coaching Person of the Year award goes to Gladeana McMahon, recently re-elected chair of the Association for Coaching (AC) UK. Nomination
Why coaches love to be intimate
Intimacy is seen mostly as a good thing in coaching and mentoring, suggests research unveiled at the European Mentoring& Coaching Council annual conference in Dublin
In the pipeline
In part two of our special report into talent management, Santander’s Caroline Curtis tells Liz Hall why the commercial bank is putting coaching at its very heart Caroline
Mentoring links business with social enterprise
A mentoring programme for social entrepreneurs is benefitting mentors and mentees. The UK’s social enterprise sector is growing rapidly – there were more than 62,000