Maine Human Resources Convention

Track A: Employee Management and Development. Susan deGrandpre from Collaboration Consulting calls on her years of experience interviewing Maine businesses in search of “mentoring gems.” Sharing knowledge is power! Her presentation teaches, through give and take exchanges, how to transform the human instinct to be helpful into competitive advantage. HR is uniquely situated to install a culture of mutual learning that lifts productivity, develops technical and leadership skills, improves employee satisfaction, facilitates succession planning, and keeps knowledge capital in the organization. Participants will learn what a workplace mentoring system is and how to put one in place, hear success stories from Maine businesses, create a basic workplace mentoring structure for their organizations, and partner with each other to give and receive “mentoring.” Create a norm where people will exchange expertise and knowledge – be a mentor, seek a mentor.