A great mentor encourages a person to progress, giving valuable advice and encouragement. But it isn’t a one-way street. Many mentors find building the bond just as rewarding and gain fresh inspiration. Below, Bernie Thompson and Melissa Crawshay-Williams share their …
To mark National Mentoring Day (27 October), Sarah Harrison and Godfrey Atuahene Junior share their experience of reverse mentoring.
Mentoring has a part to play in making the Civil Service a great place to work and realising its ambition to be the UK's most inclusive employer, says Civil Service Health & Wellbeing Champion Jonathan Jones. And anyone can do it.
To mark National Mentoring Day (27 October), John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service, and Bernadette Thompson, Co-Chair, Race to the Top G6/7 Network, share their experience of reverse mentoring.
Shan Morgan, Welsh Government Permanent Secretary, writes about the value of mentoring and placements, and her experience work-shadowing a private sector CEO.
Jeremy Heywood introduces the new Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, and suggests ways in which we can all help make the organisation more inclusive.
Nine things you could be doing differently since the biggest learning event of the year for civil servants.
In Volunteers' Week, Director of the Office for Civil Society Mark Fisher celebrates civil servant volunteers who put their time and skills at the service of others and enhance their own lives in the process.
Bryony Taylor, one of the founders of Mentor Match, introduces this new approach to mentoring in the Civil Service, designed to spread its benefits more widely.
As an Asian woman in her first Senior Civil Service role, DCLG's Dilys Alam gives her tips for overcoming barriers to progression.
