COMMUNITY

Cooperation is fast becoming one of the key competencies in the 21^st century. The realities of 2020 have only accelerated and further highlighted the power of cooperation.

Well, collaboration requires community. In recent decades, we seem to be moving further and further away from communities. A time of prosperity for individualism. So now we have to get back what we lost a little bit, and we turn out to need it.

For a few months together with one of my mentee we set out on her further journey in the professional field. And here, at the end of the mentoring, a few months later, she wrote the message that she had left her previous job and joined one of the startup teams. What is she most happy about now? The fact that the whole team works by being focused on the result and that is appreciated. Communality. Support. That is exactly what was missing in the previous work, in which, according to her, 50 per cent of working time was wasted solving intrigue problems. 50 per cent!!! So although she enjoyed the work, the decision was made to stop the battle against imaginary enemies and go her own way. Thus, the organization lost another employee who is very dedicated to her work. Because of the internal culture. Because of the absence of communality.

Do employees in your organization trust each other, help each other, and work focused on the result you are aiming for? Do they know each other? Do they only communicate with colleagues from their department? Teams? No, not at team-building events to which some employees, if they could, would gladly not go. But voluntarily and in professional daily life.

And how is the mentoring culture related here? After all, you are reading this article by visiting my site.

The fact is that you are creating a community by creating a mentoring culture. Mentoring programs create opportunities and encourage communication between employees in different departments who might not even meet in work activities.

This encourages employee networking. The circle of acquaintances within the organization is expanding. And then there are all the advantages of networking that benefit both the employees themselves and the organization as a whole.

Proximity and communion are side effects of mentoring that help create an inclusive, motivating environment at work. And the result of all this is that employees themselves tend to share with each other, help, agree, look for common solutions that help the organization achieve its goals and prosper.

 The topic “What to achieve from Mentoring” is just started. There is a lot to say 😉

Are you purposefully building your community? Have you developed tools to promote this? Has Mentoring culture already become part of your community?