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Robin. Early Life Experiences. Career Milestones, Career Road Blocks, Obstacles and Challenges. Dealing with Difficult People

I asked Robin to tell me about the experiences in her early life which she believed had the greatest impact on her work life and career. She said it was probably her observation of her mom who was a stay-at-home mom who did everything in the household. Robin said: “She was the stability, love and nurturing for the four kids and in addition, did the cleaning, cooking, shopping, washing and ironing.  I would come home from school and watch her iron while I did my homework. I remember coming home from grade one when Kennedy had been shot and we cried together watching our black and white television, standing in front of the ironing board! It wasn’t that I disrespected ...

Establishing a Mentorship Program. Part 3

Critical Success Factors   I asked Nancy to describe the critical success factors for establishing a formal mentoring program. She said: “You have to have a commitment on the part of both parties to take the relationship seriously enough that you ensure that you both meet for your appointed lunches or coffees or whatever it is. We get feedback every year from mentors and mentees to see how the program worked for them and the overwhelming majority of matches work really well.  However, there have been a few mentorship relationships that have not worked well. In one case, one of the mentees clearly was only interested in job finding and once she realized her mentor could not help her do that she ...