Ellen Ensher
Last week I was interviewed for Fast Company and one of the great ideas that the journalist, Laura Vanderkam, gave me was to create an FAQ that I can send to…
read moreI always exhort folks to make a warm connect and avoid cold calls/connects. And yet, sometimes courageously reaching out and making a cold connect works too, as evidenced by this…
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If mentoring is so great, why doesn’t everyone do it? In twenty years of doing research and working with clients, I have noticed that people don’t get involved in mentoring or mentor…
read moreReflection Guide for New Professionals Ellen A. Ensher, Ph.D. Professor of Management Loyola Marymount University Introduction In the working world, it can be hard to establish credibility as a newly…
read moreEverybody needs peer mentoring or a style mentor. I had two experiences recently that led me to this revelation. First, I flew from the West Coast to the East Coast…
read moreCheck out this cool Prezzi presentation on leveraging mentoring that addresses qualities of good mentoring programs and recent research on mentoring for success. This was designed by Susan Murphy, Professor at…
read moreNerd alert!!! This week I am buried in last minute academic conference preparation as next week I will present at the Academy of Management conference in the fair city of…
read moreDo you ever envy the characters in the movies who find a miraculous message in a bottle that contains exactly the secret information they need to know? In this month’s…
read moreYou might have noticed I have been doing a little more tanning and a little less blogging this summer. One of the many great things about summer is that I…
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Oprah and Obama did it. Steve Jobs did it best of all. If I could get a time machine, I would bring Eleanor Roosevelt back and ask her to do…
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