Reverse mentoring can bring new perspectives to professional development across career stages.
Mentoring in the workplace can provide a framework of support and guidance, and encourages sharing of knowledge and skills. Mentor relationships typically involve senior members of staff providing guidance to early-career employees. However ‘reverse’, or ‘upward’, mentoring turns this structure on its head with junior employees taking on the role as mentor.
Reverse mentoring often focuses on progressing technological skills and innovation within organisations, but can also address leadership approaches and support early-career development.
Reverse mentoring can be mutually beneficial by providing an opportunity for both mentor and mentee to improve skills and development.
There are a range of benefits of reverse mentoring, including:
Improving technical skills and innovation
Providing insight into company culture and practice
Developing leadership skills
Promoting diversity and inclusion
Improving employee relationships
Find out more about reverse mentoring and how this can be set up:
Reverse mentoring: seeing things differently - Civil Service
What is reverse mentoring? Advantages and disadvantages - Indeed
What is reverse mentoring? Everything you need to know - Inclusive Employers
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