Why would you care about mentoring amid a global crisis?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the same reasons as at any other time: to help you develop in a way so that you can steer your career in the right direction and make confident professional decisions. It works for the home office, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been working from home for many years now, so the first struggles are already distant memories. But for many professionals, maybe even yourself, it is a new situation to adjust to<\/a>, similar to starting a new job or finding yourself at the next step of your career. And those are precisely the scenarios mentoring comes into consideration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, you can use books and courses for your development. However, a mentor is a human being who has \u201cbeen there, done that<\/strong>.\u201d Someone who can answer your questions and offer their perspective throughout your journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mentoring is an information highway<\/strong> to where you want to go: <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are an employer, mentoring can be <\/strong>a tool for your talents to reach their full potential really fast<\/strong><\/a> and, therefore, to create outstanding value for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the benefits go even beyond all that. Communication skills<\/strong> are developing <\/strong>on both sides. Generation gaps are closing<\/strong>. New networks are being built. Through the long-term support of a fellow professional, your confidence is growing. Not least because the achievements are products of hard work and not merely luck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n