BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.5.2//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:47@events.mentoringcenter.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260812 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260813 DTSTAMP:20260706T073146Z 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\nSession Description\n\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\n\nWhat Participants Will Gain\n\n Identify the shif ting workforce expectations and technological disruptions reshaping profes sional guidance. The landscape of professional development is undergoing a seismic shift\, driven by a multi-generational workforce and rapid techno logical acceleration. Today’s employees—particularly Gen Z and Millenn ials—no longer value static\, top-down career paths\; instead\, they dem and continuous\, personalized growth\, psychological safety and purposeful work. Concurrently\, technological disruptions are redefining how knowled ge is shared.\n\n Overcome common roadblocks such as digital boundaries\, misaligned expectations and engagement drop-off in virtual programs. Whil e modern tools allow us to connect globally\, they also introduce signific ant friction points that can quietly derail mentoring initiatives. In a hy brid or fully remote workplace digital fatigue and lack of organic proximi ty frequently lead to declining participation and ghosting. Furthermore\, legacy 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\n Discover how future- focused mentoring models accelerate onboarding\, capture institutional kno wledge and future-proof internal talent pipelines. When mentoring is eleva ted from a siloed HR initiative to a core business strategy\, it unlocks m assive operational advantages. Future-focused mentoring models—such as f lash mentoring and reverse mentoring—serve as highly efficient mechanism s for knowledge transfer. They dramatically accelerate onboarding by quick ly embedding new hires into cultural and technical networks\, reducing tim e-to-productivity.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.mentoringcenter.org/wp-content/up loads/2026/06/Col-Venkat-1198x958.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR