Mentoring systems - Are they as effective as they could be?

Most reputed companies have an effective mentoring system in place, where new employees are assigned mentors, who will take their mentees’ career goals into account while helping them chart out their personal and professional paths. A mentor should be able to play the roles of ally, catalyst, networker, advocate, personal and professional developer, information source, listener, emotional supporter, role model and coach. The mentee should be a learner, self-developer, communicator, listener and implementer.

Would these mentoring systems be more effective if mentees had a say in whom they would like to have as their mentors, or is it better that they learn to look up to new types of people within their organisations rather than those they might have more in common with?

Increasing trends towards Western wear - a sign of empowered women ?

Retailers have recently noted the trend towards wearing more western attire. This may have stemmed from the fact that school uniforms, which people have spent a good decade or so of their lives in, are mostly of the western style. Whatever the reason, the fact is that now, the inclination towards purchasing western wear is growing at a faster pace than Indian wear. Could this be due to growing empowerment of women who now choose comfort and practicality over traditional attire that the previous generation was expected to wear without a second thought?

Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Interweave presents "Climbing the Corporate Ladder" - an empowerment program for women employees to transform their limiting beliefs and behaviour patterns to reach their full potential at work.

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