Traditional mentoring is getting a new look. The age-old developmental process now boasts a streamlined strategy fit for today’s fast-paced, caffeine-hyped, and technology-addicted world.
As they have with other learning and development programs, many organizations are modernizing mentoring by using the Internet to spread the practice to everyone. Not only does this allow participants to easily create and manage relationships on their own terms, but it puts them in the driver’s seat of their career development.
While some practitioners may still balk at the idea of web-based mentoring, there is no denying the benefits technology provides to the practice of mentoring.
From mentees and mentors who can find their own matches, to administrators who can offer mentoring to scores of people, to organizations that can create pervasive cultures of sharing and learning, the impact of technology can be felt in every facet of modern mentoring.