Forget spreadsheets and hand-matching. Here are four ways mentoring software can help ease the burden for implementing a traditional mentoring program.

Learning is a process, not an event. Chris Browning explores how flipped learning can improve your return on training investment.

Mentoring is a proven method for sharing knowledge in a personalized way, for helping someone else gain skills and confidence, and for helping improve overall job satisfaction. So why do so many ...

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 ...

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

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?

Revolutionize mentoring at your organization and increase the benefits it can have for your workforce. River can help you do it. Learn how in this free eBook from the mentoring experts.

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 ...

Discover how you can bring learning to all employees at every stage of their career and make it a continuous, open, and inclusive process.

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

Want your training events to become less “single moment” and more “way of working”? River can help you extend the value of your training beyond the event itself.

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

When it comes to performance development, do your employees feel guided and valued, or do they feel ignored and marginalized? Stop putting too much emphasis on checklists and protocol, and start ...

Jodi Davidson of Sodexo and Randy Emelo of River share how Sodexo embraces the spirit of mentoring in their award-winning program of the same name.

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

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.

Measuring who has information to share via social learning, collaborative learning and mentoring programs — and where it goes — can help identify skills gaps and better direct ...

Randy Emelo explains how to maximize your top knowledge sources to benefit the entire workforce, and impact the bottom line.

For companies looking to build their next generation of leaders, they need to adjust their development programs to support relational learning that values creativity, collaboration, and ...

The June 2011 T+D cover story by Randy Emelo features candid conversations with mentoring leaders at three top companies: Agilent Technologies, Yum! Brands, and McDonald’s. Each discusses ...

This article by Randy Emelo explores what mentoring would look like if Millennials ran the program…and how we’d all be better off for it.