Mentoring

Several studies find that formal mentoring programs are one of the most critical ways of retaining women, Blacks and Latinos and helping them develop in leadership roles. These articles, and our in-depth articles on DiversityIncBestPractices.com, detail how to start a mentoring program, cross-cultural mentoring, the difference between mentoring, coaching and sponsors, the benefits of publicizing mentoring programs internally and externally, and more.

• Mentoring: 6 Strategies to Improve Productivity & Retention
  

  What best practices help ALL your talent reach their full potential?Read More

• How Mentoring Increases Promotions
  

  A formal, cross-cultural mentoring program with participation of senior executives adds to the diversity of human-capital results in management.Read More

• The Difference Between Mentoring, Coaching and Sponsorship
  

  What are the three crucial relationships you need to move up?Read More

• Talent Development: It’s Everyone’s Job
  

  Get your entire organization to contribute to and develop a healthy and diverse management pipeline.Read More

• Why Mentoring Should Not Be Optional
  

  Diversity leaders reveal how to make mentoring your go-to solution to build your talent pipelines.Read More

• Do White Men Really Need Diversity Outreach?
  

  How companies are showing white men what’s in it for them.Read More

• Talent Development & Mentoring: How to Find & Develop Hidden Gems
  

  Ron Glover, vice president, diversity and workforce policy, human resources, IBM, speaks at DiversityInc's Networking Lunch about talent management strategies and best practices to develop a diverse and qualified workforce.Read More

• Networking & Sharing on ERGs, Diversity Councils, CEO Commitment, Talent Development, Mentoring
  

  Chief diversity officers from American Express, KPMG, Ernst & Young and IBM lead real-world discussions of the best practices and greatest concerns on critical diversity-management areas.Read More

• Why Mentoring Is Not Optional at IBM
  

  IBM’s diversity leader explains that cross-cultural, cross-gender mentoring is an inherent expectation for all executives and is pivotal to IBM’s talent pipeline.Read More

• How Women Benefit From Mentoring, Sponsorship
  

  The biggest obstacle women face in their professional lives is knowing how and when to advance their careers and when to speak up, says Niloufar Molavi, tax partner and U.S. chief diversity officer at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Here, she shares some of her secrets.Read More