Recently, Gilly Johnson, Director of the Australian Mentor Centre, provided a presentation to Human Resources professionals in Queensland on the power of mentoring as a knowledge sharing and social learning activity.

The Weekend Australian (17 October 2009) also then ran a story on the front page of the Professional Development section entitled Share the Experience.

Read the full article here: http://wl.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26216009-5010800,00.html

Key elements to the conversation on this topic include:

• Mentoring is a cost effective way to share knowledge in an organisation - it's complimentary to structured learning and development - but provides another avenue of sharing corporate knowledge and experience
• Mentoring helps new graduates to solidify their theoretical knowledge by learning from experienced practioners

If you would like to know more about how to position mentoring in your organisation to support social learning and knowledge transfer, please contact us to start an obligation free conversation.