Learning & Growth Solutions

Learning is a journey, not a destination.”
Who is on your journey?

As you embark on your daily career, have you considered who is on your learning path? There is a lot of talk around intentional inclusion and diversity in our world today, questions are being asked, “are we hiring a diverse work force?” Let’s start asking ourselves, “am I seeking coaching and feedback from diverse colleagues?” As a talent development professional, I have encouraged people to have a mentor, be a mentor, share knowledge and support other’s growth and development. I would like to add to this personal reflection to encourage you to remove your shades and build diverse mentoring relationships.

• Define who holds you accountable.
• Describe your mentor’s skill sets and mindset?
• Does your mentor always agree with you?
• Does your mentor only encourage you?
• Have you opened the door to allow him to challenge you to grow and develop new skills, new ways of solving programs?
• Does your mentor compliment your skill set? Or are they just like you?

Let’s set a goal to invite someone that is different than us to listen to our thoughts and ideas and see what we can learn from their perspective. Modern mentoring is diverse. It is not limited to gender, race and ethnicity. Diverse mentoring opens up connections that are cross functional areas