Attract A Mentor-Protege Relationship That Really Works
Mentor-protégé relationships often play a critical role in the lives of successful professionals and business owners. It is this relationship that can mean a foot in a door, a climb up a ladder and...
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Critical Mentoring Is Critical to College Success
CGI America, the U.S.-focused division of the Clinton Global Initiative, addresses significant domestic challenges through what it calls Commitments to Action. Many Commitments to Action, if not most,...
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Award-Winning Author Sheri Booker Encourages Peers To Be Great
Award-winning author and entrepreneur Sheri Booker has been using her success and passion for writing to encourage her peers to share their stories and be great, which speaks to her newest venture Let...
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Getting the Most Out of Your Mentor-Mentee Relationships
As you already know, the internet is chock-full of advice on how to boost your career success. While most of these are helpful (I’ve written quite a few myself), they seem to largely focus on how to...
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Why You Need to Get Yourself A Sponsor, Quick!
“We were just talking about you in the meeting and everyone agrees that you are brilliant.” An ideal day at work? You bet. The truth is a majority of people’s perceptions or decisions made about you...
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Give Something Back Foundation Supports Students In Need
When Bob Carr was a senior in high school in 1963, he received a generous $250 scholarship (a lot of money at the time) to help him with his college expenses. From a family of modest means, Carr was...
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5 Strategies for College Success This Fall
When Stephen Covey wrote his best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, many years ago, I read it chiefly because one of the editors here at BLACK ENTERPRISE was also reading it....
View ArticleBlack Non-Profit Uses Mobile Mentoring Bus And New Apparel Line To Inspire...
*Originally Reported By Blacknews Nationwide — Calvin T. Mann, President and Founder of Encourage Me I’m Young (EMIY) Inc., a Detroit-based non-profit organization has launched both a mobile mentoring...
View ArticleMeet Dr. Joy Spence: First Woman To Become A Master Blender
Renowned master blender Dr. Joy Spence was welcomed by the James Beard Foundation in New York City during the Appleton Estate Extraordinary Dinner Series on the weekend of Oct. 30. Afterwards, she sat...
View Article4 Reasons Your Business Needs A Mentor
Originally Published July 7, 2015 All new business owners or entrepreneurs should find a mentor to guide them in their business journey. It is a harsh reality that only half of all small businesses...
View ArticleThree Things OKC Can Teach Employers About Young Professionals
(Image: Thinkstock) Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’ve at least heard all the buzz about the Oklahoma City Thunder, a star team up against the Miami Heat in a very tight NBA Finals. With their...
View ArticleLooking Back: Yandy Smith Talks New Ventures and Advantages of Love & Hip Hop
Yandy Smith took her exposure on VH1 Love & Hip Hop and used it to make more boss moves. Audiences tuned in religiously to watch the ladies of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop go through their personal and...
View ArticleColorComm Offers Something New for Professional Women of Color
If you are a woman of color who works in communications, Lauren Wesley Wilson thinks she has the perfect organization for you. She is the founder of ColorComm, an initiative that aims to uplift women...
View Article6 Tips for Making Mentorships Work
As the industry takes on the challenge of recruiting and training the next generation of agents, it’s little wonder that mentorship programs are proliferating among travel agencies and industry...
View ArticleWomen of Power: Most Powerful Corporate Women Talk the Value of Mentorship
The value of a mentor is invaluable to ones career success. Whether it be a family member, coach, teacher, fellow colleague or boss, many great success stories give praise to the people who played a...
View Article4 Reasons Your Business Needs a Mentor
All new business owners or entrepreneurs should find a mentor to guide them in their business journey. It is a harsh reality that only half of all small businesses survive more than five years after...
View Article5 Ways to Be the Mentee Every Mentor Wants
As a mentee, gaining insight from someone with more or different experiences is a surefire way to reach your professional goals in a timely manner. What do mentors get out of the partnership? What...
View Article4 Ways to Be An Excellent Mentor
No matter where you are in your career, you can become a mentor to help improve another professional’s performance and guide them to greater professional accomplishments. In honor of National Mentoring...
View ArticleThe One Question You Should Ask Your Small Business Mentor
Having a mentor is like having an EZ-pass on the road to retail success. Your company may be able to avoid many of the typical road bumps faced by startups by having an invaluable champion and...
View ArticleTop 5 Benefits of Having More than One Mentor in Your Circle
Long gone are the days of having one mentor to guide you through the ups and downs of your career. As we climb the ladder of success and add checks to our goal list, our need for new wisdom, insight...
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