Mentoring Europe

How does Mentoring Europe connect to the Sustainable development goals (SDGs)?   

by Diego Segnini Mentoring Europe is crucial in supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We provide guidance, support, and empowerment to individuals, businesses, and communities, especially those in minority groups or vulnerable to social economic disadvantages. 3. Good health and well being Mentoring Europe provides mentees with emotional support through guidance and encouragement. This …

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The Ethics of Mentoring

By Shanice Juma Nakhuva I wrote this article for practitioners and as mentoring continues to evolve in today’s complex and interconnected world, it is important to address the ethical dimensions associated with this practice. I personally noticed the need to include ethics in the mentoring agenda as it can be easily overlooked. Mentors should teach and …

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Reverse Mentoring

by Shanice Juma Nakhuva Reverse mentoring pairs younger employees with executive team members to mentor them on various topics of strategic and cultural relevance. This approach has precedent: in the late 1990s, GE’s Jack Welch used reverse mentoring to teach senior executives about the Internet. But modern reverse mentoring extends far beyond just sharing knowledge …

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SIT DOWN WITH MENTOR PRACTITIONER GYSBERT BERGSMA

By Christina Stavrides We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Gysbert Bergsma, a mentor practitioner at Mentoring Europe. Gysbert was able to provide us with a unique inside perspective on the industry, opening up about his own beliefs on the practice, and how he plans to incorporate them in his exciting, new mentoring …

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17.03.2023.: “Tough love – Changing Stories to Change Lives” by Jean-Marie Molina

Our guest speaker is Jean-Marie Molina, whose presentation at the European Mentoring Summit was a great motivator and eye-opener for us. Jean-Marie is a philosophical educator, general and family educator, author and senior lecturer in study success at a university of applied sciences in Rotterdam, NL, specializing in education. In 2006 she introduced her (educational) …

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Sit down With Mentoring researcher Tereza Javornicky Brumovská, PhD.

By Shanice Juma Nakhuva Mentoring is a principle present in social, steady, and long-term social interactions. Mentoring relationships support young people in their perceptions and experience that there is someone who cares about them, assures them they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and makes them feel like they matter. Research to date …

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Creating Better Opportunities for Young People

The OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Creating Better Opportunities for Young People in June 2022, with the aim of improving youth measures and outcomes. The recommendation emphasizes government-wide strategies and policy principles that focus on skills and competencies, labor market outcomes, social inclusion, youth well-being, and trust in government and public institutions. The OECD …

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