Authors Offer Advice on Creating a Mentoring Program
Most company leaders know there are strategic benefits to mentoring programs, but how do you set one up?
Sherry Hartnett, founding director of the University of West Florida's Executive Mentor Program, and Bert Thornton, former Waffle House president and chief operating officer, offer advice in their book?High-Impact Mentoring: A Practical Guide to Creating Value in Other People's Lives?(BookLogix, 2021).
Thornton recalled the impact of a mentoring program during his tenure at Waffle House. Within five years, he said, the company had quadrupled the ranks of its middle and senior leadership potential.?
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But a mentoring program does not consist only of casual chats between mentors and mentees, Thornton pointed out. What's important is the investment of quality time.