Retain talent by sharing yours. It is National Mentoring Month

January is National Mentoring Month, and while we all recognize the impact mentors make on the lives of youth, stepping up to be a mentor to employees within your organization can also make a deep and long-lasting impact on those you guide and it is a great way to retain that talent.

We have some great leaders in the QC: managers, directors, supervisors working in manufacturing, agriculture, business services, retail, hospitality and more. The professional and personal business knowledge and experience you hold is vast and it should be shared.

When you take the time and interest to coach, guide, offer insight and encouragement to an employee it can facilitate their professional growth, elevate their goals and achievement and mold their professional identity in your organization. When an employee feels you care about their success, they become more motivated. It increases their job satisfaction and aspirations, and they become more committed and invested in your business. Mentoring has positive outcomes on retention and succession planning.

Mentoring programs can be formal and deeply embedded within a company, but they don’t have to be. Informal mentoring is good, too. Set a monthly lunch date with a worker or just take the time to stop and have a conversation in the breakroom. Peer-to-peer mentoring is valuable, too, especially when a new employee is onboarding. Gaining insight and guidance from a co-worker, not a boss, can help them successfully understand and assimilate into the company culture and learn processes and procedures. 

Give it some thought then take action. Mentoring allows you to share your talent to keep talent working and thriving within your business.

Join us in our work to attract and retain talent throughout the region.