Posted under Career Management, Diversity, Networking, Women on April 2nd, 2008
During Women’s Histrory Month, Single Ma, author of Fabulous Financials “the journey of a fabulous single mom pursuing financial independence,” wrote a wonderful series on career management and about what it means to be a professional woman.
The full series includes:
Part I: The Professional Woman
Part II: The Myth of Having it All and Being Assertive
Part III: Leadership Styles (participative vs. command & control)
Part IV: Developing Relationships (networking and mentoring)
Part V: Summary and Recommended Reading
We contributed to the discussion with some suggestions we included in the Career Management Alliance article, A Mentorship Roadmap For Your Clients. While mentoring is beneficial for everyone at all levels of the career continuum, research confirms that a strong core of advisors and mentors is more crucial for youth, women, people with disabilities and multicultural careerists. Mentors in your career board of directors can include:
- Formal and informal mentors
- Males and females
- From your ethnic group and other ethnic backgrounds
- Leaders in your company and industry
- Experts from cross-functional segments in your organization
- Peers or others with specialized skills and experiences that will be helpful to you
- Individuals, company based employee resource/affinity groups and external professional associations
- Formal company mentorship programs.
- Industry peers from outside your company.
- Knowledge experts.
- Academics
- Career, workplace, and life coaches.
Remember to give back to your mentors and pay it forward by helping others achieve their career goals.
Posted by Murray A. Mann
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