Chris Browning's posts

Chris Browning is President of River. Chris joined River in 2004 and has worn many hats over the years. His blogs often focus on what mentoring administrators can do to get the most from their programs, with an emphasis on practical ideas and tips.
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Finding Your Strengths in Mentoring

How could mentoring impact your life if you focus on your strengths as areas to grow and improve?

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How Do I Run a Successful Mentoring Pilot?

We've seen successes and failures with mentoring pilots over the years. Here are seven tips you should follow to help you be successful.

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Three Tips for Growing Your Mentoring Program

Mentoring can produce powerful results for retention, engagement, and productivity. Here are three tips for expanding mentoring at your workplace.

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The Art and Science of Leading an Online Mentoring Group

Group mentoring thrives when there is both structure and flexibility within the group. Creating this requires a balance of art and science.

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Mentoring Software Makes Administration Easy

There’s no question that mentoring continues to be a desired program at work, but many organizations are missing the opportunity to take advantage of this. What's holding them back?

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Reverse Mentoring Trend Grows Up

We are on the verge of a shift in the way organizations look at reverse mentoring. Learn more here.

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How to Turn Mentoring Conversations into Action

The conversations you have with your mentee or mentor can make or break the relationship. Here are three ways you can turn talk into action.

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Three Ways to Sabotage Your Mentoring Plan

You may not realize it, but you could be sabotaging your mentoring program. Here are some dangers to look out for.

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5 Mentoring Program Pitfalls

Beware! Avoid these five common pitfalls when running a business mentoring program.

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Social Learning Hasn’t Worked? Try Mentoring

Social learning programs can fall short of expectations, even with the best intentions. Mentoring can make the difference you need.

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The Missing Piece of Mentoring Success?

In this River blog post, Chris Browning explores if there is a sixth M that should be added to our Five M's of Successful Mentoring model.

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Mentoring Is More than the Match

A mentoring administrator's job goes well beyond just making the match between people. Learn more about River's 5 M's of Successful Mentoring model.

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Flipped Classrooms Put Learning to Work

Flip the classroom to make learning more effective, personal, and applicable to the job. Get ideas and tips in this blog.

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Find Your Mentoring Fit

Mentoring can augment existing employee development programs and initiatives at your organization. Here's how.

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Combatting the Fallacy of Not Having Time for a New Software

Think your employees don't have time for a new software or process? Think again, with these strategies from Chris Browning.

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SaaS Providers Aren’t Always Experts

Expertise matters. Here's why it's important to evaluate SaaS providers carefully.

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Constant Sound Is like Silence, Only Louder: Synthesizing the Information Overload

Are you overwhelmed by too much information during your work day? Here's why it's important to be able to contextualize and filter information.

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