Workers in the office spend 25% more time on career-development activities than their remote counterparts, according to a recent study by Bloomberg. It also found that employees who came into work devoted about 40 more minutes a week to mentoring others. But with hybrid and remote models here to stay, can a better balance be struck for those workers who don't come into the office? There are ways to improve the experience of online mentoring and training. For example:
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Embrace the technology. With scheduling, video conferencing and live documents, we’ve got the tech tools to successfully mentor and train remotely.
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Identify problems and solve them. For example, to solve the problem of too many online meetings, introduce no-meeting days and normalise asynchronous communication, where staff can catch up on recorded meeting and training when they have time.
- Provide the right opportunities. Encourage one-to-one online meetings to create a virtual open-door policy for mentees to reach out; host workshops and knowledge sharing sessions; encourage self-driven learning by making resources and training available to staff.
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