Mentoring Tips: Supporting Diversity Initiatives
Posted by Rene Petrin on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 @ 09:20 AM
Which strategy is most effective in supporting diversity initiatives in an organization and in actually making a “difference” in changing the landscape for diversity individuals: diversity training, performance management changes, affinity groups, or mentoring?
You might be surprise by the answer. A recent article in the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette on research came to the following conclusion:
“However, mentoring programs that paired minority managers up with seasoned managers were far and away the most successful strategy to improve the numbers of Hispanics, Asians and African-American corporate managers. Each of our experts and their research data supported the employment of a mentoring strategy.”
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09292/1001916-407.stm#ixzz0UZgaRBX8
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