Mentorship at Work: How Our Senior-Junior Pairing Fuels Growth & Keeps People Learning

Mentorship plays a pivotal role in shaping one’s professional journey. The right mentor guides you to avoid a major misstep, motivates you to take the big leap, and helps to navigate a tricky situation.

Understanding the importance of the same, institutions are increasingly introducing mentorship programs at workplaces as time progresses, for driving better outcomes and nurturing a healthy work environment.

In this article, we’ll be sharing how mentorship has made our tasks easier, helping us nurture a team of highly skilled professionals and contributing to our sustainable growth. Here we go- 

 

Mentorship at Work: How Our Senior-Junior Pairing Fuels Growth & Keeps People Learning

We found the mentorship programs at the workplace more valuable than the feel-good initiatives; it’s invaluable when it comes to boosting leadership skills in employees, improving the senior- junior bonds, among other benefits. Here’s what worked for us-

Well-structured and Goal-oriented Programs

Our mentorship programs are designed after careful consideration of the organizational goals and objectives, ensuring clarity on which skills need to be imparted to both the mentor and mentee.

This emphasizes a more focused and outcome-driven approach, which also increases employee engagement and facilitates the acquisition of diverse skill sets.

Identifying the Right Set of Mentors and Mentees

A crucial aspect for a successful mentorship program at the workplace is to identify and pair the right set of mentors and mentees.

We take into account the development requirements, skill gaps, and experience levels, etc., in identifying the right mentors. While we conduct our research, we also provide the mentees with opportunities to choose their mentors in order to establish better collaboration and a healthy learning environment.

Navigating Challenges

The mentorship programs at the workplace often encounter challenges such as ‘power imbalances’ or ‘mentee over-reliance on the mentor’. It should be quite clear that the mentor’s role should be to guide the mentees, not to evaluate or command. 

To avoid these pitfalls, we refrain from direct manager-subordinate pairings, providing a confident and hesitation-free environment to the mentees. For dealing with over-reliance, we encourage the mentors to act as a support system, facilitating independent decision-making and infusion of leadership skills.

Improved Retentions

It is observed that these mentorship programs play a critical role in boosting the employee retention rates for an organization.

Lack of growth opportunities is one of the top reasons why employees migrate to other organizations, and mentorship programs at the workplace help fend for themselves; new career paths and reach there, providing a sense of satisfaction.

Encourages Self-Reflection

Mentorship also plays a key role in entrusting the qualities of self- evaluation or reflection.  We at Sarvika Technologies always emphasize giving constructive feedback and reflecting on the actions one performs in critical situations.

Our mentors follow the simple approach of analysing the actions of the mentees and then giving them constructive feedback on what could be improved in the future. 

Setting a Timeline

We believe that timelines are important for an effective mentorship program, as it allows for a more focused and goal-oriented approach, allowing for smooth management.

We have achieved better results from the mentorship programs at our workplace that were equipped with set timelines, such as improved acquisition of skills and faster completion of the objectives. 

Frequent Evaluation of the Program

Assessing the progress and impact of the mentorship programs is a must. It not only helps in identifying whether the program is going as planned, but also gives an idea of whether there’s a requirement for any tweaking or betterment.

Our approach, conducting frequent review meetings to assess the impact and gathering insights from the mentees and mentors.

 

Mentorship at Sarvika: How It has Made an Impact on Our People

We practice mentorship from the day an individual walks into the organisation. We assign ‘buddies’ to individuals who not only help to tune into the work requirements but also support them in understanding our rich work culture and ethics.

For instance, our Content Writer, Shreyansh, a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from JECRC University, became a part of us as an intern and, under the guidance and mentorship of Gourav Sharma, our Digital Marketing Expert, he’s fulfilling the organisation’s content requirements as a full-time employee. 

Similar is the case for Meghan, our Sales Executive, a fresh MBA grad, who has evolved a lot in a short span of time under the able leadership and guidance of Kumar Rahul, our Head of Growth and Sales. 

We can quote countless examples where Mentorship has made our job easier and faster.