Both mentoring partners have roles and responsibilities to fulfill. And, to take advantage of what a mentoring relationship can provide, both partners need to enter every conversation with intention.

Key points Small talk plays a crucial role in mentoring by helping to establish personal connection and trust. Personal conversations make mentors more relatable, encouraging mentees to open up ...

We’ve become much more flexible as employers in the past decade because the employment market has shifted from giving employers an advantage.

Kram recommends being proactive in initiating mentoring conversations. “Regularly assess and ask yourself who would it be helpful for me to talk to and interact with to help me move through a ...

Mentoring is a critical tool in faculty development and in facilitating faculty success and retention. Under the leadership of Dr. Alecia Gross, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development, we ...

Raquel Y. Salinas offers advice for graduate students and research mentors on how to have better conversations about career planning.

How to have a meaningful conversation with your mentor The new season of Temperature Check examines the power of relationships. The podcast’s producers, Dominique French and Audrey Ngo, explain ...

The scientific workplace can be a melting pot of different cultures and mentoring styles, leading to some interesting lab dynamics.

Julie Gould is a freelance journalist in London, and produces the Nature Careers Podcast. Many mentoring relationships have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly ones that relied ...

A Nonprofit Mentoring Crisis Threatens Future Leadership of the Field Nonprofit leaders have stopped giving advice and feedback to younger employees for fear of blowback. This is hurting the whole ...