Three Perspectives to Consider Nathan Huntsinger, Senior Director for Workforce Innovation Strategies, People Strategies – Global Team For any organization that is focused on transforming their organizational culture through staff development initiatives, mentoring is a way to strategically invest in staff in a way that fosters learning, growth, organizational engagement and a healthier, more engagedContinue reading “The Importance of Mentoring in HR and Staff Development”
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Practical Mentoring: Involving Mentees in Your Own Growth Process
Coleen Starwalt, Linguistics Consultant, SIL Nigeria SIL Nigeria is a growing entity. Alongside new expatriate colleagues, we are successfully recruiting many Nigerians to work in all of our domains, including linguistics. As work expands, consultants like myself, are strongly encouraged (if not expected) to mentor others. This is especially true in the case of newerContinue reading “Practical Mentoring: Involving Mentees in Your Own Growth Process”
Are you thinking about starting the mentoring process?
Alejandra Guajardo, Staff Development Team Leader – SIL Americas I have served as a facilitator in the Spanish online mentoring course for the Americas area for the past three years. This course was originally developed by Elke Muller in English, as an intensive 2-week in-person workshop. The arrival of the pandemic forced us to developContinue reading “Are you thinking about starting the mentoring process?”
Resource Selection in Mentoring
Author : Anonymous Exegete When I arrived on the field to serve, it was important to me to also serve in the local church. I myself had studied at Bible School for three years and due to the local context and the demands placed on leaders, I decided mentor one of them in order toContinue reading “Resource Selection in Mentoring”
Unearthing Buried Treasure Through Mentoring
Michael Jemphrey, PhD, SIL Translation & Anthropology Consultant Tacit knowledge is like buried treasure: precious, but often overlooked because it is hidden away out of sight. Tacit knowledge includes things we do without consciously paying attention to them, like driving to a familiar destination. At a recent seminar this helpful slide was presented, distinguishing between explicitContinue reading “Unearthing Buried Treasure Through Mentoring”
Bullying in the Workplace
Annukka Kinnaird, Literacy and Education Consultant at SIL Last year I took part in the Introduction to Mentoring online course. I found it an uplifting and positive experience. One image from the PowerPoint presentation stuck in my mind: a tiny spring-green little branch growing out of a big tree. As I have been working on a researchContinue reading “Bullying in the Workplace”
“Choose not to be offended. Instead, look for ways to understand what happened.”
Diane Lovell, Translation Consultant-in-Training, SIL Southern Africa I serve in Bible translation with SIL SOA and also work as Dean of Students at George Whitefield College in Cape Town, South Africa. I live and work in a multicultural family of Christian believers who all have ample opportunity to intentionally or unintentionally hurt each other. I’mContinue reading ““Choose not to be offended. Instead, look for ways to understand what happened.””
“None of us is as smart as all of us”
(Kenneth H. Blanchard) Eszter Ernst-Kurdi, Training Domain Team Leader, SIL Francophone Africa As a mentor, do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the number of competencies that your mentees need help with? As a coordinator, do you struggle to find enough mentors? Group mentoring can be an effective strategy to invest in several mentees at theContinue reading ““None of us is as smart as all of us””
Reflections on the Transition from Student Ministry to Workplace Mentoring
Cassie Weishaupt, Data Scientist, SIL I learned the importance of discipleship in student ministry at McGill university. During my final two years there, my discipler, Anka, closely fostered my spiritual growth. We read books together on the nature of God and the meaning of the Gospel. She coached me through relationship struggles, walked me throughContinue reading “Reflections on the Transition from Student Ministry to Workplace Mentoring”
Intentional Mentoring in SIL Cameroon – Coffee and Snacks Included!
Heline Kimbung, HR Director, SIL CameroonLarry Seguin, Community Engagement and Sociolinguistics Coordinator, SIL Cameroon Leadership development and mentoring in SIL Cameroon In July 2021, SIL Cameroon launched a leadership development and mentoring program aimed at intentionally investing in its future leaders through tapping into the knowledge and experience of its more experienced staff. The programContinue reading “Intentional Mentoring in SIL Cameroon – Coffee and Snacks Included!”