Live Webinar May 20th, 2020 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  HR.com

With over 1.5 billion people having been under lockdown, social isolation is affecting many lives in an unprecedented way. Even before this pandemic, our society was feeling more isolated than ever.

A 2018 Cigna study found that nearly half of survey respondents felt alone or left out, which some researchers claim “can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”

Not only are there health ramifications, but according to a 2018 article in Harvard Business Review titled “America’s Loneliest Workers, According to Research,” lonelier workers cost employers upward of $3.5 billion, and that was prior to this new social distancing movement.

So, how can we support the millions of people that are expected to stay at home without a clear timeline of being able to see friends, family and loved ones?

How can we also ensure that people who already face the biggest obstacles in our society aren’t getting further left behind in a multi-generational, diverse workplace with differing backgrounds and needs during these isolating times?

People need human connection and support now more than ever.

In this webinar, Seena Mortazavi (LinkedIn profile) CEO Chronus, will talk about how organizations can best support their teams during these socially isolating times by utilizing virtual mentoring in creative ways from onboarding programs for new additions to mentoring circles for support to flash mentoring for immediate needs/questions.

Seena will share real-world examples of organizations who pivoted existing mentoring programs or created new ones in order to address a need none of us could have anticipated but is now more critical than ever for our mental health.

Additionally, he’ll share tips and resources you can share with mentors and mentees to support them through this time and enable more meaningful connections when they’re most needed.

Here’s What You’ll Learn:

1. When working or learning remotely, people need more human connection, not less and Virtual Mentoring is one of the most effective solutions available.
2. The needs of mentees and mentors have likely changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and your mentorship program needs to adapt, not just for now but for the shift in remote working/learning that will remain.
3. Your team’s mental health is going to be put to the test and many, especially the most marginalized, will suffer without fostering more human connections in a virtual world.
4. Reallocating resources to align with this new virtual workplace is paramount to success and virtual mentoring is one of the most cost-effective programs that can be run at a fraction of the cost of other traditional in-person programs
5. Necessity is, indeed, the mother of invention, and many organizations are rolling out virtual mentoring programs they would never have envisioned a few months ago

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Virtual Mentoring In A Time Of Crisis: Lessons From The Pandemic

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