Employee Development Imagine that you are a consultant for a Fortune 100 company. You are tasked with developing a top-notch mentoring program for star employees. Before you begin your project work,...

MENTORING PROGRAM FOR WALMART INC.
 
MENTORING PROGRAM FOR WALMART INC.
Mentoring Program: Specifics
    
In the mentoring program, clarity ought to be maintained so that both mentees and mentors are knowledgeable about their goals as well as they ways in which they can be benefitted.
Mentoring programs function better when they are topic oriented.
Begin with traditional mentoring structures.
Mentoring program organized through self-matching process.
Mentoring programs aim at developing star employees in an organisation. Even for the employees of Walmart Inc., the strategy of mentoring program can significantly improve the chances of retaining star employees and accentuating their performance. In the mentoring program, clarity ought to be maintained so that both mentees and mentors are knowledgeable about their goals as well as they ways in which they can be benefitted. Moreover, having specific goals help mentors in structuring the sessions. It also helps in the development of the relationship between the mentor and the mentees, along with that determines time and effort required in the program. According to Luo, Wang and Tai (2019), mentoring programs function better when they are topic oriented, which help mentors and mentees remain flexible. Beginning with traditional mentoring such as in person or in the form of a group can help in extending the model to structures such as virtual mentoring. In Walmart inc., it can be more functional and helpful in implementing a decentralized matching process. In such programs, mentors and mentees openly share their attributes, expertise and needs so that they can self-match based on mutual interests.
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Mentoring Program: Specifics
    
Set up ongoing support systems to build a strong relationship between mentors and mentees.
Giving recognition and positive reinforcement to the mentors can also encourage potential mentors to join such mentoring programs.
Extend the program with the help of the mentees.
In order to provide the mentoring program with more support and build a strong relationship between the mentors and the mentees, it is important to set up ongoing support systems. Through the help of these support systems, the mentors can be offered training so that they can...