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Be a Mentor, Thank a Mentor During National Mentoring Month

Saleforce Nonprofit

Each January, National Mentoring Month celebrates the people who guide our paths, support our journeys, inspire our next steps: mentors. One of my first mentors was a friend of my parents. January is National Mentoring Month. A good mentor hopes you will move on. A great mentor knows you will.”.

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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Positive mentoring relationships are so important to the success of youth everywhere. That’s why we take time every January to celebrate National Mentoring Month! If you’re wondering how you can celebrate the mentors in your life or even become a mentor yourself, here’s a little bit about National Mentoring Month.

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The problem with Employee Appreciation Day

Fast Company Tech

Think about the employees who mentor others, uplift their teammates, or create an environment where all voices are heard. For example, instead of only celebrating the top performer in a department, recognize the team member who made sure everyone was set up for success. How employees work is just as important as what they achieve.

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15 steps to launch your own startup, part 5: Mentors, preparing for change, and being nice

The Next Web

Find advisors and mentors to build your business. Throughout this series I’ve mentioned a couple of times that I’m lucky to have mentors and advisors on my side, helping me to define a strategy for building 6Wunderkinder and Wunderlist. Together, they allowed us to start this company in a big way – they were investors and mentors.

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Your Nonprofit Team: Attracting, Retaining Talent

The NonProfit Times

Offer mentoring, leadership development workshops, and training tailored to nonprofit careers. Celebrate wins — big or small — and recognize team members regularly. Even small gestures like recognizing cultural holidays or hosting regular team check-ins can build trust and reinforce a sense of community.

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Guest Post: Celebrating Beth’s Five Years As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Guest Post: Celebrating Beth’s Five Years As Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation by Kathy Reich. It was a time for us in the nonprofit sector to reflect on what Beth means to us—to appreciate what we’ve learned with her as our teacher, mentor and friend. Click to See Larger Image and Scroll.

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Ask yourself these four questions to figure out if you are fulfilling your full potential

Fast Company Tech

Few topics are simultaneously so celebrated and misunderstood as human potential. scouts, teachers, mentors, and critics) they appeared to show evidence of an enormous capacity for developing future talent, turning them not so much into a promise, but a rather safe bet.

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