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Put On Your Big-Boy Pants: Navigating Your Career with Grit and Grace.

Rich Gee Group

In the journey of your career, the phrase "Put on your big-boy pants" (or big-girl pants) is more than just a call to maturity; it's an invitation to step into the realm of personal growth and professional excellence. Seek Feedback : Regularly ask peers, mentors, and supervisors for feedback.

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Overcoming the Desire to Please Your Boss

Great Leadership By Dan

That something is usually a comfort level with building a relationship with authority figures or appearing to be more mature than your peers. Even the best of mentor/mentoree relationships end in conflict. Such a perspective has probably salvaged many a career. It is inevitable! Having a perspective can be quite powerful.

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CMI Malaysia: updates from the board

Chartered Management Institute

On LinkedIn , he recommended this video from CMI: “Here’s a CMI-specific clip on mentoring and what a credentialled mentor brings to the table. Enjoy, learn, unlearn and reframe and, as always, if you need even more details, reach out and enquire.” CMI members always see more.

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What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew

Harvard Business Review

The mentor-mentee relationship is a tango between a more senior person and a junior one. And while we and others have written about what makes the ideal mentor, comparatively less has attention has been given to the other partner. As academic physicians, we have responded to this overture countless times in our careers.

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Great Mentors Get Out of the Office

Harvard Business Review

Without the mentoring of my high school coach, I (Bill) would have never been able to achieve the success I did. Research increasingly confirms how critical it is for young people to have caring mentors. In the corporate world, formal mentoring programs make sure newer employees are learning all they need to be successful.

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Board Members Benefit from Becoming Mentors

Harvard Business Review

When we invited each member of our company’s board of directors to begin mentoring a high-potential manager, we were thinking mainly about the benefit to the managers from being guided by experienced board members. And we knew there were risks, such as that a protégé’s personality might not match the mentor’s.

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As You Start Your Career, Focus on People Skills

Harvard Business Review

All across the country, this year’s soon-to-be graduates are revving up to start their careers. You need a sponsor , which is different from a mentor. Make your request for advice timely, specific, and prescriptive. That could mean something as obvious as ditching the graduate student wardrobe for a polished, mature look.

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