Group Mentoring - Bringing Members of Your Team Together
Mentoring is an excellent way to bring people together for the purpose of working toward a goal by learning and problem solving. Often, companies will give newer employees a mentor, usually a senior employee, who can teach and show the newer employee how to most effectively perform their job. The mentor is essentially providing on-the-job training to the inexperienced in this example. Color cards and power messages There are other ways that employees can come together to help each other work through challenges by coming up with processes and strategies that will make their days more efficient. Bringing a team of more than two employees together is a great way for each employee to gain the benefits of having a mentor, and the benefits don't end there.
A major benefit of bringing employees together in a group for learning sessions is that it can potentially increase morale in the department. When peers work in small groups, they are able to get to know and understand each other a little more with each meeting. Employees may not make lasting friendships with each other, but they can at least come to work feeling equal to their peers.