What Matters For Mentors As Knowledge Mobilizers: Are They Easy Riders?:doi:10.1177/00224871241286349Lily Orland-BarakUniversity of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelCheryl J. CraigTexas A&M University, TX, USAValerie Hill-JacksonTexas A&M University, TX, USA...
Seek out mentors if you don’t have one assigned to you. If you are in an organization where you can enact that, make sure you have a practice of mentoring. This should be deliberate practice, also from the mentor’s perspective, not just something that you do. It must be something th...
Ideas are cheap and easy to come up with. Millions of people in the world have startup ideas. Most of those ideas won't prove to be worthwhile. If you ask anyone who's even remotely interested in being an entrepreneur, chances are they already have multiple startup ideas that they're ...
They approached their mentors at the end of the summer, asking us to help them raise their game. “We know we need your help, but we don’t know what help we need,” Annabelle said. So we’re stepping up, like the fools we are. My role is to guide their software group: advising...
In short, social media are interactive media. These media are immensely popular among teens, as evidenced by the nearly ubiquitous use of Facebook and the growing popularity of Twitter. Through the capacity to both view and create content online, social media provide new risks and opportu- niti...
Step 2. Select mentors Not every senior employee can be a good mentor. If you pick the wrong person, chances are that they will treat mentorship as an additional workload and start resisting workplace training. As a result, the mentoring program will fail. ...
What are the criteria that mentors use to make judgements on the clinical performance of student mental health nurses? An exploratory study of the formal w... Issues concerning the assessment of student nurse performance in clinical practice have preoccupied nurse educationalists for some time and ...
Well, not exactly. You see, a project may run into an issue at any time. Issues are more likely to be anticipated problems that usually have a Plan B. You can’t say the same for risks – they come out of the blue and are unanticipated. ...
Soft skills are character traits andinterpersonal skillsthat characterize a person's ability to interact effectively with others. In the workplace, soft skills are considered to be a complement tohard skills, which refer to a person's knowledge and occupational skills. Psychologists may use the ter...
Personally answering phones is one of the most significant competitive edges home-based entrepreneurs hold over their larger competitors. In a time of high-tech backlash, where customers are frustrated with automated responses and touch-tone menus, hearing a human voice is one surefire way to entice...