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Reverse mentoring: who's the learner?

Published: 30 June 2016

From boosting retention to bridging the generation gap, reverse mentoring is brimming with potential

According to Professor Karl Moore from the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91˿Ƶ in Canada, millennials’ desire for regular feedback has led to a growing interest in reverse mentoring, particularly in an age where four generations (boomers, gen X, gen Y and gen Z) are increasingly working alongside each other. “Millennials get technology in a way older employees don’t because it’s all they’ve ever known; they appreciate different working models and are accomplishment-based; they’re less focused on hierarchy. My students call me Karl, but I would never have called my professor by his first name,” he says.

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