There isn't a magic formula for being a great mentor or mentee, but there are certainly effective and ineffective characteristics. Which do you have?

To help you move your mentoring relationship in a positive direction, here are five effective and ineffective characteristics of mentees.

Are you ready to be the best mentor possible? Here are five easy ways you can be a more effective mentor starting right now. Read more!

We all know how difficult it is to find the time to complete tasks associated with our daily work duties, much less to find time for voluntary activities such as mentoring. So why do people do ...

The trickle-down effect of mentoring can lead to every employee in an organization being impacted by mentoring in some way.

How does your organization respond to the needs and preferences of millennials while ensuring they are prepared and have the skills needed to be successful at their jobs?

Go beyond training, and help employees learn. Give them ways to build personal learning and mentoring networks. Learn how in this blog and related eBook.

Learn how to set REAL goals and get ideas you can use in your mentoring relationships and mentoring training.

Consider REAL goals for professional development, not SMART goals. This can be an especially important part of mentee and mentor training.

Baby Boomers are getting set to retire. Gen Xers are taking on new leadership roles. Millennials are entering the workforce. How can you address all the learning needs of these unique generations?

Finding a mentor or mentee (or making the match as an administrator) is only one part of the equation when it comes to mentoring success. Knowing how to engage in productive mentoring ...

In this guide from River, we share the startling facts of how quickly people forget what they learned in training, along with a new learning paradigm model to help you envision what continuous ...

Randy Emelo talks about viewing experts along a learning continuum to help build the pool of potential mentors available in an organization.

In this eBook, we explain why companies have to give people a way to collaborate with one another that is personalized, relevant, and timely—while also being cost-effective for the organization.

For mentoring, view experts along a learning continuum. This helps build the pool of potential mentors available in an organization.

Discover 4 distinct styles of collaboration within virtual mentoring & social learning groups that impact how people work and learn together.

For a successful mentoring relationship of any type, try using these four phrases with your mentee or mentor.

Unlock the power of peer mentoring in your organization. Uncover three reasons why this is a great way to support employees in this blog.

Learn how to make your onboarding process suck less for Millennials and non-Millennials alike.

Collaboration is key for mentoring and learning. So what kind of collaborator are you? Read this blog to find out.

This blog from a Millennial at River looks at three timeless lessons she learned from a Baby Boomer, which are actually applicable to every generation.

A blog about the Millennial generation's connectional intelligence and how to leverage it to make a multigenerational workforce more productive.

Randy Emelo describes how popular gaming mentality can translate into virtual knowledge sharing, highlighting four factors to consider when applying it to modern web-based mentoring.

Sometimes a simple conversation can unearth targeted development options that may not come to light through observation alone. This article by Randy Emelo guides readers through a 4-step dialogue ...

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.