| Title | Mentoring Makeover: How the Web is Transforming Mentoring |
| ShortDescription | Web-based mentoring tools are enabling organizations to broaden the availability of mentoring opportunities, allowing employees to select mentors based on competencies that they wish to develop or improve, and matching them with mentors across organizations. The advantage of these systems is that it can increase mentoring opportunities, enabling employees to be mentored by colleagues who may be in different geographic locations. The software tool reduces staff responsibility in the mentor selection process because it is done electronically. |
| LongDescription | As they have with other learning and development programs, many organizations are modernizing mentoring by using the Internet to spread the practice to everyone. Not only does this allow participants to easily create and manage relationships on their own terms, but it puts them in the driver's seat when managing their career development. Participants can identify their areas of strength and learning needs and determine goals for their mentoring relationship based on those needs. Support from customized software helps them keep track of relationships, important dates, feedback on goals and progress, threaded conversations, connections between goals and job-related projects, and so forth. It also allows them to access additional resources for enhanced learning. The advent of web-based mentoring brings with it the ability to streamline administrative duties through one central location. Therefore, the entire process becomes easier not only for participants, but also for the workplace learning and performance professionals who oversee it. |
| SourceAuthor | Laura Francis |
| Reference | Training and Development, 61, 7, July 2007 |
| Organization | ASTD |
| ContactAddress | 1640 King Street, Box 1443 Alexandria, VA 22313-2043 |
| ContactEmail | lfrancis@3creek.corn. |
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http://www.3creek.com/resources/research/TD_July07.pdf
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