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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260813
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URL:https://events.mentoringcenter.org/event/the-future-of-mentoring-trend
 s-challenges-and-opportunities/
SUMMARY:The Future of Mentoring: Trends\, Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:\n\nCol Venkat Raman is a retired Army Engineer who was commiss
 ioned into the Army in June 1982 in the Corps of Engineers. He is a B.Tech
 \, an MBA and an M.Phil.\, as well as an MSc (Psychology).\n\nAfter retire
 ment from the Army in 2007\, he has worked in various roles in the Industr
 y\,\n\nincluding HR. He has also been a full time Faculty in St Francis In
 stitute of Management and Dr V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management. Also\, h
 e has been Adjunct faculty and Visiting Faculty at several B Schools of re
 pute in and around Mumbai. Currently\, he is a Visiting Faculty at Vivekan
 anda Institute of Management\, Mumbai and at MPSTME\, NMIMS\, Mumbai.\n\nH
 e has motivated more than 600 soldiers during his career in the Armed Forc
 es\, more than 6000 students at MBA Institutes and more than 2000 employee
 s when he was in the Industry as a Trainer /Head OD. He has also trained e
 mployees in Sales and Soft Skills and is a facilitator for outbound traini
 ng. He has been an Assessor for several MNCs\, such as Right Management In
 dia\, KPMG\, and Deloitte\, since 2018.\n\nHe has completed the Standard C
 hartered Half Marathon in Mumbai five times and\n\nenjoys keeping fit with
  Yoga and trekking in the Himalayas.\nSession Description\n\n\n\nThe tradi
 tional approach to corporate mentoring is broken and can no longer keep up
  with the expectations of modern employees. Join us as we break down the e
 xact strategies forward-thinking companies use to revolutionize internal c
 areer growth and empower their teams for long-term success. Throughout thi
 s session\, you will discover how to transition your organization away fro
 m slow\, hyper-structured training tracks and toward an open\, collaborati
 ve learning ecosystem. You will leave with a clear understanding of how to
  foster organic\, multi-directional knowledge exchange that drives engagem
 ent and performance.\n\n\n\nWhat Participants Will Gain\n\n 	Identify the 
 shifting workforce expectations and technological disruptions reshaping pr
 ofessional guidance. The landscape of professional development is undergoi
 ng a seismic shift\, driven by a multi-generational workforce and rapid te
 chnological acceleration. Today’s employees—particularly Gen Z and Mil
 lennials—no longer value static\, top-down career paths\; instead\, they
  demand continuous\, personalized growth\, psychological safety and purpos
 eful work. Concurrently\, technological disruptions are redefining how kno
 wledge is shared.\n\n 	Overcome common roadblocks such as digital boundari
 es\, misaligned expectations and engagement drop-off in virtual programs. 
 While modern tools allow us to connect globally\, they also introduce sign
 ificant friction points that can quietly derail mentoring initiatives. In 
 a hybrid or fully remote workplace digital fatigue and lack of organic pro
 ximity frequently lead to declining participation and ghosting. Furthermor
 e\, legacy programs often suffer from misaligned expectations\, where ment
 ors feel overextended and mentees lack clarity on their goals. Bridging th
 ese gaps requires a deliberate operational strategy.\n\n 	Discover how fut
 ure-focused mentoring models accelerate onboarding\, capture institutional
  knowledge and future-proof internal talent pipelines. When mentoring is e
 levated from a siloed HR initiative to a core business strategy\, it unloc
 ks massive operational advantages. Future-focused mentoring models—such 
 as flash mentoring and reverse mentoring—serve as highly efficient mecha
 nisms for knowledge transfer. They dramatically accelerate onboarding by q
 uickly embedding new hires into cultural and technical networks\, reducing
  time-to-productivity.\n\n
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