Bob Williams

One-on-one meeting advice for managers and employees

May 7th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Tags: , ,

I have weekly one-on-ones with my boss and direct reports. Meeting regularly with my boss is an important element of my work week. I use the time to explore ideas, ask for broader company information, and request additional help for some initiatives. So I find it strange when I talk to people that rarely meet with boss. I’m not sure how they stay connected to the broader organization.

What’s my mentor have to say? Recently, during a discussion with my business and career mentor I asked for advice on how to make the best use of the one-on-one meetings as both a manager and employee. He advised me to to …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Career mentor specialists?

July 14th, 2010 | One comment | Tags: ,

We live in an age of specialization. You see it in the medial profession, in corporate america, and in professional sports.  One area where I have not noticed a great deal of content about specialization is in career mentoring. Career mentoring itself gets a great deal of thought in books, blogs, and self-help publications. From my reading though, the act of career mentoring is regarded as a specialty (of sorts) unto itself. So I wonder, is it too much to try to have mentors in specific areas of your career?

For example, as an executive with responsibilities in multiple areas should you seek to have a mentor in each area? …Continue reading >>