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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260812
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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\, including HR. He has also been a full time Faculty in St Francis Insti
 tute of Management and Dr V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management. Also\, he h
 as been Adjunct faculty and Visiting Faculty at several B Schools of reput
 e in and around Mumbai. Currently\, he is a Visiting Faculty at Vivekanand
 a Institute of Management\, Mumbai and at MPSTME\, NMIMS\, Mumbai.\n\nHe h
 as motivated more than 600 soldiers during his career in the Armed Forces\
 , more than 6000 students at MBA Institutes and more than 2000 employees w
 hen he was in the Industry as a Trainer /Head OD. He has also trained empl
 oyees in Sales and Soft Skills and is a facilitator for outbound training.
  He has been an Assessor for several MNCs\, such as Right Management India
 \, KPMG\, and Deloitte\, since 2018.\n\nHe has completed the Standard Char
 tered Half Marathon in Mumbai five times and enjoys keeping fit with Yoga 
 and trekking in the Himalayas.\n\n\nSession Description\n\n\nThe tradition
 al approach to corporate mentoring is broken and can no longer keep up wit
 h the expectations of modern employees. Join us as we break down the exact
  strategies forward-thinking companies use to revolutionize internal caree
 r growth and empower their teams for long-term success. Throughout this se
 ssion\, you will discover how to transition your organization away from sl
 ow\, hyper-structured training tracks and toward an open\, collaborative l
 earning ecosystem. You will leave with a clear understanding of how to fos
 ter organic\, multi-directional knowledge exchange that drives engagement 
 and performance.\n\n\nWhat Participants Will Gain\n\n 	Identify the shifti
 ng workforce expectations and technological disruptions reshaping professi
 onal guidance. The landscape of professional development is undergoing a s
 eismic shift\, driven by a multi-generational workforce and rapid technolo
 gical acceleration. Today’s employees—particularly Gen Z and Millennia
 ls—no longer value static\, top-down career paths\; instead\, they deman
 d continuous\, personalized growth\, psychological safety and purposeful w
 ork. Concurrently\, technological disruptions are redefining how knowledge
  is shared.\n 	Overcome common roadblocks such as digital boundaries\, mis
 aligned expectations and engagement drop-off in virtual programs. While mo
 dern tools allow us to connect globally\, they also introduce significant 
 friction points that can quietly derail mentoring initiatives. In a hybrid
  or fully remote workplace digital fatigue and lack of organic proximity f
 requently lead to declining participation and ghosting. Furthermore\, lega
 cy programs often suffer from misaligned expectations\, where mentors feel
  overextended and mentees lack clarity on their goals. Bridging these gaps
  requires a deliberate operational strategy.\n 	Discover how future-focuse
 d mentoring models accelerate onboarding\, capture institutional knowledge
  and future-proof internal talent pipelines. When mentoring is elevated fr
 om a siloed HR initiative to a core business strategy\, it unlocks massive
  operational advantages. Future-focused mentoring models—such as flash m
 entoring and reverse mentoring—serve as highly efficient mechanisms for 
 knowledge transfer. They dramatically accelerate onboarding by quickly emb
 edding new hires into cultural and technical networks\, reducing time-to-p
 roductivity.\n
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