Mentoring Matters: Three Essential Elements Of Success
Did you make career-related New Year’s resolutions? Are you resolved to boost your career and move forward professionally in 2019? If so, you should consider an underutilized, but incredibly powerful professional growth tool: mentoring. And since January is National Mentoring Month, now is the perfect time to explore the positive impact that mentoring can have on your career. Whether you are the mentor or the mentee, the mentoring relationship can push your career to new heights.
The benefits of mentoring are myriad. For individuals, studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities. Organizations that embrace mentoring are rewarded with higher levels of employee engagement, retention, and knowledge sharing. In fact, mentoring has proved so beneficial that 71% of Fortune 500 companies offer mentoring programs to their employees.
Mindset- Are You Mentally Strong?
What if I told you mindset was a choice? That at any given time, you have the freedom to change your life, just by altering your thoughts. I know, for some that might sound a bit condescending, particularly for those trapped in a thicket of grief and negative emotion. Really, something that’s all too common in our world today.
In fact, recent surveys show that nearly 54% of Americans are struggling with regular bouts of sadness. More so, you know that irritability that comes alongside anxiety? Well, believe it or not, but one out of every two people are experiencing it right now. All of that proving that this pandemic and subsequent social unrest has been a friend to few.
So, it goes without question that many of us are crabbier, more sensitive, and generally just feeling a bit anxious or overwhelmed. When that happens, it’s easy for us to snap at others, spreading negative energy around like a cancer.
The truth is, when life throws us a lemon, we have two options: self-loath and decide to be a victim, or view it as a challenge to overcome, ultimately leading us to become stronger versions of ourselves. When we take on the victim role, we become stuck, powerless to all of that negative garbage. But, what happens when we reframe our thinking? When we charge head first into adversity as a tool for growth? Well, that’s when we have the opportunity to become something greater than ourselves.
50 Ways to Increase Productivity and Achieve More in Less Time
If you feel like you don’t have enough time to do everything you want to do, maybe it’s time to check-in with your time management skills.
No one is born to be very good at time management, so that’s okay if you think you’re bad in it. But everyone can learn to boost their productivity and achieve more!
Here are 50 ways to increase productivity and add hours to your day.
Mental Health? It’s a Big Deal for Organizations
If there has ever been a question of the importance of mental health, it has surely been squashed with the rise of this pandemic and unrest we have been experiencing across our country. In fact, at the moment, we’re seeing an unprecedented surge in mental health issues among our fellow Americans. Don’t believe us? Just look at the numbers. Since March, there has been an 891% increase in calls to the federal crisis line. Further cementing the growing problem, studies have shown that a whopping 45% of us are reporting that we’re struggling with our mental health right now.
This pandemic has been a friend to few. At an individual level, many of us are struggling with the sharp discourse from our everyday lives, feeling both the sting of isolation and a sense of emotional exhaustion as the “new normal” drags on.
