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and individuals get the most out of mentoring.

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Celebrating LGBTQ+ Mentors in History

This Pride month, and every month, it's time to recognise and celebrate the work of LGBTQ+ mentors. Learn more with Guider!

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How to Set and Achieve Long-Term Career Goals (With Examples)

Your long-term career goals shouldn't be left up to fate! Set your own course and find your way to get there with these top tips.

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6 Effective Diversity and Inclusion Strategies to Focus on in 2023

Choosing the right diversity and inclusion strategy for your business is essential for turbo charging progress. Find out how.

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Top Mentorship Goals for Mentees in 2023

Looking for inspiration on what goals you should be setting for mentoring? Look no further, Guider's here to help you!

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Harnessing the Power of Your People to Scale Social Learning with Guider and Clyde & Co

Catch up on Guider and Clyde & Co's seminar: Harnessing the power of your people to scale social learning here.

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How Reed Are Supporting Women in Tech Through Mentoring

Reed and Guider have partnered to accelerate the growth of their Women in Tech Mentoring Programme in 2022.

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Harnessing the Power of Our People: Mentoring at Clyde & Co

Clyde & Co are building powerful global connections through mentoring with Guider, and making connections across the globe.

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How to Set and Achieve Long-Term Career Goals (With Examples)

Your long-term career goals shouldn't be left up to fate! Set your own course and find your way to get there with these top tips.

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6 Effective Diversity and Inclusion Strategies to Focus on in 2023

Choosing the right diversity and inclusion strategy for your business is essential for turbo charging progress. Find out how.

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Top Mentorship Goals for Mentees in 2023

Looking for inspiration on what goals you should be setting for mentoring? Look no further, Guider's here to help you!

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The Importance of Overcoming Limiting Beliefs (With Examples)

Limiting beliefs can hold us back in life but they don't have to. Find out more about what they are and how to overcome them with Guider.

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5 Ways to Make Mentoring Work For Hybrid Roles

The world has changed a lot in recent years and the shift to hybrid jobs is here to stay. Find out how to make it work for mentoring and more.

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4 Example Mentoring Program Goals to Steal

Setting clear mentoring program goals is crucial to the success of your program. Here we have 4 top goal examples for inspiration.

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How to Thank Your Mentor (With Tips, Tricks and Examples)

Remembering to show appreciation to your mentor or mentee is essential for building relationships that last well beyond your sessions.

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Excel Without Excel: Relieve the Admin Burden of Mentoring

Running a mentoring programme doesn't have to be a burden. We're here to help relieve the workload and turbocharge mentoring today.

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5 Employee Retention Strategies That You Can Action Today

Looking for steps you can take today to boost your employee retention? We've got you covered. Check out our top 5 strategies!

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How to Build a People Development Strategy That Actually Works

Developing your people needn't be a headache. Here are our top tips for creating a people development strategy that works.

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Celebrating LGBTQ+ Mentors in History

This Pride month, and every month, it's time to recognise and celebrate the work of LGBTQ+ mentors. Learn more with Guider!

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5 Top Universities Thriving Through Mentoring in 2023

These global universities are getting it right. Find out how they benefit from transformative mentoring programs.

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Tackling Unconscious Bias in the Workplace: Definition, Examples, and Solutions

Unconscious bias can negatively affect your workplace culture with devastating effects. Learn more about how to tackle these issues and more.

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Mentors Assemble: The Benefits of a Personal Advisory Board

A personal advisory board of mentors and more can transform your career development, find out how in our latest article!

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How to Break Up With Your Mentor

Mentoring doesn't have to last forever to be impactful. Find out why, when and how to end a mentorship in this complete guide.

Have You Heard of Mentoring Circles? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Have You Heard of Mentoring Circles? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Similar to group mentoring, a mentor circle is an effective way to maximise mentoring in your organisation. Find out how with Guider!

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10 Top Companies Making the Most Out of Mentoring

Find out how major companies worldwide are making the most out of mentoring. Here we list 10 successful businesses that are getting it right.

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5 Steps To Perfecting Your Career Progression Plan

Whether it's for you or someone you manage, a career progression plan is an invaluable tool to get right! Find out how with Guider.

46 Inspirational Mentor Quotes to Get You Ready For Mentoring
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46 Inspirational Mentor Quotes to Get You Ready For Mentoring

Looking to get inspired? Check out our top 45 inspirational mentor quotes that will get you fired up for mentoring! Read on for more.

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How Mentoring Makes Great Managers: Top Tips For Your Manager Training Program

Manager training is essential to get right. Find out how mentoring can supercharge your managers and upskill your people effectively.

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The Power of Knowledge Sharing: 4 Ways to Maximise Sharing Knowledge Today

It's the learning that your people are already benefiting from, so maximise the power of your people by formalising knowledge sharing, today.

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How to Plan and Execute an Effective Mentor Training Program

Ready to take mentoring to another level? With a mentor training program you can elevate your programs for maximum impact, here's how.

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How to Improve Employee Wellbeing Through Mentoring

We know that looking after employee wellbeing helps boost engagement and productivity. Find out how mentoring supports wellbeing with Guider.

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15 Essential Mentoring Skills You Need For Gold Standard Mentoring

What mentoring skills do you need to master to be a great mentor? From active listening to giving feedback, we've got the lowdown.

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The Top Mentoring Apps That You Need to Download, Today

Support your mentoring program with these top mentoring apps that every mentor and mentee needs. Includes mobile and desktop software.

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Starting a Buddying System at Work? Here’s Our Complete Guide

The perfect companion to your onboarding program! Starting a buddying system can improve retention and employee satisfaction. Find out how.

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Why All Leaders Need Coaching and Mentoring

Coaching and mentoring are an essential part of your leadership development toolkit. Find out why and how in our latest article.

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Supercharge Career Progression With These Top Tips

Excited for Mondays? Find out how to kick your career into high gear and why it's important with our top career progression tips.

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The 5 Best Mentorloop Alternatives on the Market

With so many mentoring platforms on the market, how do you know which one is right for you? Find out the top Mentorloop alternatives here.

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Continuous Learning is the Key to Knowledge Retention

In as little as 30 days, 79% of knowledge is forgotten. Continuous learning can transform knowledge retention, find out more with Guider!

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10 Mentoring Activities to Boost Engagement in Your Next Mentoring Session

Loosing momentum in your mentoring sessions? Why not try these 10 mentoring activities to boost engagement in mentoring today!

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Mentorship vs Sponsorship: The More is Better Approach to Personal Development

Through a combination of both mentorship and sponsorship you can turbocharge personal development at your organisation. Find out how, today.

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The Different Types of Coaching and How to Make Them Work

From performance coaching to virtual coaching, there are so many ways to make the most of coaching in your workplace with Guider.

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The 4 Stages of Building a Successful Membership Community

Building a membership community? Well, we’ve got the tips you need to create a successful, thriving community!

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50 Questions to Ask a Mentor – That Get Results!

Looking for questions to ask a mentor? We’ve got 50 great questions for prompting inspirational conversations to help you.

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Going Beyond Student Programs: 4 Ways Mentoring Can Transform Your University

Student mentoring programs are great, truly! But they’re not the only way to use mentoring to support your universities success.

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Why We’re Refusing to ‘Embrace Equity’ This International Women’s Day

We're calling time on performative empowerment this International Women's Day. Guider is committed to using our tech to advance gender parity.

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Unlock the Power of ERGs in Your Workplace

Elevate your workplace and unlock the power of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Learn how ERGs can benefit you with our expert guide.

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7 Foolproof Ways To Improve Your Onboarding Process Today

Wondering how to improve the onboarding process at your organisation? Here are 7 ways to improve onboarding that get results!

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50 Diversity and Inclusion Statistics You Need to Bookmark in 2023

If you’re looking for DE&I statistics to back up your case for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, bookmark these statistics today.

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What is Peer Learning? Definition, Purpose and Benefits

In peer learning, your people learn collaboratively from their equals. It's a powerful way to support development and leadership skills.

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The Importance of Coaching and Finding a Mentor With Angie Vaux

Join us on the Guided podcast as we talk to Angie Vaux of Women in Tech forum on the importance of mentoring and coaching.

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3 Top Ways to Tackle the Talent Crisis in Insurance

Here are 3 top ways that mentoring can be used to make real, lasting change to tackle the talent crisis in insurance.

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National Mentoring Month: 6 Ways You Can Get Involved Next January

National Mentoring Month is the perfect time to celebrate workplace mentoring. Want to get involved? Find out how with Guider.

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Insight Led Learning, 2023 Trends and Learning and Development Mistakes With Matt Ash

Guided podcast: We speak to Matt Ash on insight led learning, 2023 trends and Learning and Development mistakes.

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How to Build Community at Work: Expert Advice From Danika Patel

We talk to our community expert, Danika Patel, on what it takes to form strong communities at work, from employee resource groups to mentoring.

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Self-Confidence, Setting Workplace Boundaries, and Navigating Male-Dominated Industries with Charlotte Fuller

Guided podcast: Charlotte Fuller talks to us about some of the challenges women face navigating male dominated workplaces.

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The Benefits of Coaching and Mentoring

Understanding the benefits of mentoring vs coaching will help you to make the best decision for your organisation.

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Why Mentoring is Essential for Sales Leaders

Attract, retain and develop your sales team with Guider's mentoring platform. Find out more about the importance of mentoring for sales here.

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Diversity in the Police, Tokenism and Small Wins With Moses Williams

Guided podcast: Listen here as we speak to Moses Williams on his fascinating journey from the police force to corporate DE&I.

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Retain and Develop Your Engineers With Mentoring, Coaching and Sponsorship

Mentoring, coaching and sponsorship are the learning solution you need to prevent employee churn and burnout in engineering teams.

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How to Improve Diversity and Inclusion With Mentoring

Mentoring is an effective and accessible way for organisations to improve diversity and inclusion. Here are the top reasons why.

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How to Run a Successful Mentoring Event

Mentoring events boost engagement with mentoring, promote your program and celebrate your success. Find out the how, when and why here.

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Menopause at Work: Breaking Stigma and Retaining Top Talent With Julie Dennis

Episode 7 of the Guided podcast has landed. This week, we talk to Julie Dennis for a World Menopause Day special. Listen here.

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The Keys to a Good Mentoring Relationship

Mentoring relationships can easily lose momentum or fail. Follow this guide to ensure you create a good mentoring relationship that is inspiring and fulfilling.

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Why Mentoring Programs Fail

We’re here to help you learn from common mentoring program mistakes and create a mentoring program that lasts.

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What Makes a Good Mentor?

There are shared qualities that all good mentors have. Beyond title and experience, find out what makes a good mentor today.

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Opening Up the Conversation About Equity and Equality With Marcel De Jonghe

Guided podcast: We talk to Marcel De Jonghe on equity and equality in this fascinating episode. Listen here and learn with Guider.

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How to Build Psychological Safety in Mentoring

Trust and psychological safety are essential in mentoring. But what does psychological safety mean and how do I build it?

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Allyship in the Workplace, Inclusive Leadership and Microagressions with Chloë Gillard

Guided podcast: We speak to Chloë Gillard from Version 1 about allyship, inclusive leadership, microaggressions and more.

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Inclusion in the Workplace With Guider People Network

Our first in-person Guider People Network event looked at key issues and solutions for creating workplace inclusion.

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Inclusive Hiring, Skills-Based Recruitment and Accessibility with Joseph Williams

Guided podcast episode 4: Joseph Williams, CEO of Clu, talks inclusive hiring, skills-based recruitment and why accessibility matters.

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Representation in Leadership and Gender Equality in the Workplace with Mike Sealy

Episode 3 of the Guided podcast. This week we discuss representation in leadership and gender equality with Mike Sealy from Informa Markets.

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Upgrade Your Employee Onboarding Experience With Mentoring

Providing mentoring in your onboarding process can increase time to competency, promote inclusivity and create community.

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Developing Young Leaders, Supporting Your Gen-Z Workforce and Finding Role Models with Andra Enache

Episode 2 of Guided is now live! This week we talk about developing young leaders with Andra Enache from NTT Data. Tune in to find out more.

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How to Establish Trust Through Workplace Mentoring

Trust is essential for every business, but how can you build it? Find out how workplace mentoring can build trust in your organisation.

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How to Expand Your Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring Program

Our latest roundtable from the Guider People Network looked at how to expand diversity and inclusion mentoring programs.

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Disability, Intersectionality and Inclusion in the Workplace With Priyaneet Kainth

This week on Guided, we're talking to diversity and inclusion expert, Priyaneet Kainth, about disability, intersectionality and inclusion at work.

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Common Mentoring Myths (and How to Bust Them)

These common mentoring myths might be holding you back from starting a mentoring program. Read on to find out the truth...

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Do I Really Need Mentoring Software?

Wondering when to invest in mentoring software? This article will help you decide if mentoring software is for you.

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10 Questions for Building Self-Awareness

Self-awareness is an important life skill to develop. These questions will get you started, ready for mentoring.

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The Cost of Not Doing Mentoring is Too Great to Ignore

We know the benefits of mentoring, but have you thought about what the cost of not implementing a program could be?

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How to Avoid Rainbow-Washing This Pride Month

If you’re looking for tangible, impactful ways to support LGBTQ+ employees, and avoid the dreaded rainbow-washing, read this!

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Top Tips For Retaining Top Female Talent

The great resignation has seen record numbers of job leavers in 2021. How does this affect top female talent and what can you do about it?

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Mentoring for Mental Health: Designing the Right Program for Your Employees

Mentoring programs for mental health can improve employee wellbeing. Find out how to design an effective program with Guider.

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Harnessing the Power of Your People to Scale Social Learning with Guider and Clyde & Co

Catch up on Guider and Clyde & Co's seminar: Harnessing the power of your people to scale social learning here.

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Why Your Organisation Needs a Flash Mentoring Program

Flash mentoring is a type of mentoring that focuses on short, quick mentoring sessions. Find out more here.

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Invest in the Future of Your Business With Peer Mentoring

Peer mentoring has wide-ranging benefits for your organisation. Find out the top reasons to start a peer mentoring program today.

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What is Group Mentoring? A Complete Guide

Group mentoring is a highly effective for building networks and sharing learning. This article runs through everything you need to know.

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5 Mentoring Lessons From Influential Women

Mentoring has powerful effects for women in the workplace. Here are our top 5 lessons we've learned on mentoring from influential women.

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Why Every Organisation Needs a ‘Head of Mentoring’

A ‘Head of Mentoring’ is an essential role for organisations that want to prioritise and scale mentoring. Here's why you need one.

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How Mentoring Software Works

As more organisations create mentoring programs, the need for mentoring software becomes more apparent.‍ How does mentoring software work?

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What is a Mentor? Definition, Purpose & More

Looking for mentorship? Mentors are incredibly value in our personal and professional development, but what is a mentor exactly?

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The Importance of Mentoring in the Workplace

Here's why everyone needs a mentoring program in the workplace. Including mentoring statistics, benefits and advice on starting a program.

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Coaching and Mentoring: What’s the Difference?

Coaching and mentoring are both powerful tools for personal development. Find out the key differences and benefits with Guider.

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How to Start a Mentoring Program: A Step by Step Guide

Looking to start a mentoring program? This guide talks you through it, whether you have mentoring software or not.

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The Positive Impact of Mentoring on Mental Health

In honour of Time To Talk Day, we wanted to focus on the positive impact mentoring has been proven to have on mental health.

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Making Your Workplace LGBTQ+ Inclusive

Inclusive workforces factor everyone in and treat them equally. We've put together a guide on making your workplace LGBTQ+ inclusive.

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How Reed Are Supporting Women in Tech Through Mentoring

Reed and Guider have partnered to accelerate the growth of their Women in Tech Mentoring Programme in 2022.

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The Best Communication Techniques for Mentors

Successful mentoring is built on trust and open communication. Here are some techniques for mentors to establish good communication with your mentee.

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Beat the Great Resignation With Mentoring

Find out how mentoring can help you retain and attract talent in 2022, as well as support hybrid working.

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How to Create a Mentoring Culture in Your Workplace

Take mentoring to the next level in your organisation by working on building a mentoring culture. Here are some of our top suggestions.

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Top Mentoring Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Knowing the top challenges faced in mentoring and how to overcome them is vital for a successful mentoring program.

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How to Maintain Mentoring Momentum

A top reason mentoring programs fail is lack of momentum. Here are our tips for organisations to ensure mentoring doesn't run out of steam.

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How to Scale a Mentoring Program

Looking to grow your mentoring program? Our top tips will help you scale a mentoring program and positively impact more employees.

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Harnessing the Power of Our People: Mentoring at Clyde & Co

Clyde & Co are building powerful global connections through mentoring with Guider, and making connections across the globe.

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How to Recruit Mentors and Mentees to Your Mentoring Program

Struggling to recruit mentors and mentees? Here are our top suggestions to promote your mentoring programme.

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The Best Way to Structure a Mentoring Program

Looking to start or scale a mentoring program? Here are our 5 tips to help structure your mentoring program. This applies to all types of mentoring!

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4 Important HR Metrics to Track

With remote and hybrid working still the norm, there are new metrics that HR teams need to prioritise tracking. Find out more here.

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How to Champion Women in the Workplace

Our latest webinar addressed the varying challenges different women face at work, and how we can better champion women on a business and individual level.

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10 Ways to Encourage Employees to Focus on Self-Care

Self-care is more important than ever before. Here are 10 tips you can use to encourage employees to focus on self-care.

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Why Mentoring Is Essential

A summary of one of our latest webinar discussions – learn from our expert speakers why mentoring is essential.

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5 Top Tips for Succession Planning

Succession planning is critical in businesses to ensure a smooth process when employees move on or retire. Here are our 5 top tips.

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11 Inspirational Lessons From Powerful Female Leaders

A collection of inspirational lessons and advice from female leaders across a range of industries to celebrate International Women's Day.

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How To Match Mentors and Mentees

This guide explains the different approaches to mentor and mentee matching including using mentoring software.

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6 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is critical for businesses, as it impacts everything from retention to productivity. Here are 6 ways to increase employee development.

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The Importance of Reskilling and Upskilling Your Workforce

Upskilling and reskilling your workforce is a vital tool. Stay 1-step ahead of growing businesses and changing tech by developing your people.

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Get the Most Out of Your Mentoring Relationship This Year

How to make the most out of your mentoring relationship this National Mentoring Month, whether you use Guider Mentoring software or not.

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Mentoring Entrepreneurs: Interview With EY Mentor Ashish Kukreti

Guider are supporting EY's Entrepreneur of the Year program to match talented entrepreneurs with experienced business mentors. Find out more.

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How EY and Guider are Making Mentoring Accessible to Young People

Guider has teamed up with the EY Foundation to bring easy, accessible mentoring to more young people from low-income backgrounds.

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Why Project Management Skills are Important for HR

HR professionals can learn a lot from Project Management to develop their skills and advance in their career.

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How Businesses Can Retain Graduates and Attract Gen-Z Employees

Graduates bring a new set of values and needs to the workforce. Here's how businesses can attract and retain Gen Z workers.

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5 Ways to Support Employee Mental Health While WFH

It's never been more important for businesses to support their employees' mental health, find out how to support remote workers in this guide.

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How to Measure the Success of a Mentoring Program

Workplace mentoring can be difficult to track, but it doesn't have to be. Here's how to measure the success of your mentoring programs.

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6 Employee Wellbeing Areas to Focus On

Employee wellbeing increases engagement, productivity, and ultimately profitability. Here are 6 areas to consider.

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How to Develop Top Leaders Through Mentorship

Good leadership is essential for growth. Here's how a leadership mentoring programme can develop both the leaders of today and tomorrow.

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7 Ways to Improve Employee Development in Your Organisation

Here are 7 ways organisations can improve employee development. These will keep people engaged, growing and fulfilled at work.

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3 Steps to Promote Gender Equality and Inclusivity

As we continue to fight for gender equality in business and strive to create inclusive workplaces, here are 3 simple steps organisations can take to help.

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Reverse Mentoring: A Complete Guide to Getting it Right

Did you know reverse mentoring is a powerful way of sharing skills and fostering inclusion? Find out the benefits and more in this guide.

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Racial Diversity in the Workplace: Boosting Representation in Leadership

Turn words into actions to make lasting positive change for racial diversity in the workplace. Here are just some ways to make a difference.

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Mentoring a New Generation of Software Developers: Interview with Dragos Nedelcu

Guider interviewed software engineer coach and mentor Dragos Nedelcu about the importance of mentorship in tech.

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Virtual Mentoring: How to Make it Work

This guide talks you through how to run a virtual mentoring program, use mentoring software and how to overcome any challenges

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How Failure Leads to Success

Failure is not something to be feared but is a key step to success. Here's how to embrace failure and use it to power personal growth.

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5 Ways to Champion Diversity and Inclusion in Remote Teams

Maintaining inclusive working practices in a remote or hybrid workforce can be tricky. Here are our top 5 ways to support inclusion remotely.

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The Importance of Positive Self-Talk

Self-talk can have a bigger impact on us that we realise. Here's a complete guide to positive self-talk with practical pointers.

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How Guider’s Partners Are Making A Difference During Covid-19

We're proud to work with organisations making an impact during the Covid-19 pandemic. See how our clients are making a difference.

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5 Ways Virtual Mentoring Supports Remote Teams

Providing support for remote workers is more important than ever. We explore how virtual mentoring can support remote teams across the globe.

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How to Run a Productive Mentoring Session

It's important for mentoring sessions to follow a structure to ensure they stay on track. Here's how to run a productive mentoring session.

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Marks & Spencer Making a Difference With Mentoring

We are working with Marks & Spencer to create mentoring culture throughout their organisation. The results speak for themselves.

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How to Set Goals and Actually Achieve Them

Learning how to set goals effectively can be the key difference in actually achieving them. Here are our top 5 tips to setting goals.

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Mentoring Statistics: The Research You Need to Know in 2023

We've compiled all the key mentoring statistics and research you need. Look no further for impressive statistics on the power of mentoring!

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The 7 Different Types Of Mentoring and How To Use Them

Choosing the right type of mentoring for your business doesn't need to be tricky. Find out more about the types and uses of mentoring today.

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10 Personal & Career Development Goals (That Are Actually Achievable)

As we enter a new year, decide what you want to achieve by setting personal and career development goals! Here are some ideas.

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How to Be a Good Mentor: Guider’s Top Tips

Here are Guider's top tips on how to be a good mentor. From providing feedback to opening doors, there are many ways to be a good mentor.

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How to Be a Good Mentee: Guider’s Top Tips

The more you put into a mentoring relationship, the more you'll get out of it. Here are our top tips for being a good mentee.

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What is Mentoring Software? | Guider

Mentoring software is an essential tool for setting up and scaling impactful mentoring across your organisation. Find out more with Guider!

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How to Find a Great Mentor

Everyone knows that a mentor can help your career development - but how do you go about finding one? This is our guide to getting a mentor.

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How Mentoring Women Empowers Their Careers

Gender diversity in business has been proven to improve innovation and revenue. Mentoring is a powerful way to empower women in their careers.

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The Powerful Benefits Of Mentoring: Explained

From improved communication to increased retention rates - here are the powerful benefits of mentoring for organisations: in depth.

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Guider Help LVMH Reach 50/50 Gender Balance Goals With Mentoring

Guider are delighted to be working with LVMH on their UK mentoring programme aimed at supporting and empowering women into leadership roles.

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How to Run a Successful Mentoring Intro Session With Your Mentee

Here's a step by step guide to running a successful intro session with your mentee to start your relationship on the right track.

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Personal Development: How to Take Responsibility for it

Here are 6 simple ways you can take responsibility for your own personal development, from finding a mentor to setting goals.