Press Releases & Features
September 14, 2020
MentorcliQ and River Win Three Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards with KeyBank, Nielsen, and Robert Half. The Mentoring Software Leaders Help Their Clients Achieve Success with Diversity and Inclusion, Employee Retention, and Leadership Development.
September 10, 2020
MentorcliQ's Laura Francis discusses how virtual mentoring helps employees combat workplace burnout and feel more engaged. Francis also discusses how to design a virtual mentoring program for your remote employees.
September 4, 2020
MentorcliQ's Chief Diversity Officer, Jenn Labin, discusses how to leverage mentoring to combat isolation and burnout for your newly virtual workforce.
September 3, 2020
MentorcliQ's Chief Diversity Officer, Jenn Labin, shares how to prepare mentors with practical skills development and technology as an essential part of mentoring program success.
September 1, 2020
MentorcliQ customer St. Lukes Health System shares how they support leadership development circles virtually and how the MentorcliQ software to manage their program.
August 30, 2020
HR Technologist mentions MentorcliQ's acquisition of River to provide a world class mentoring experience.
August 25, 2020
MentorcliQ's Laura Francis shares conversation starters to help mentors and mentees get to know each other through a virtual connection.
August 20, 2020
The Acquisition Combines MentorcliQ’s #1 Rated Software Platform with River’s 20-Years’ Experience To Better Serve Companies Looking to Develop World-Class Employee Mentoring Experiences.
July 6, 2020
MentorcliQ's Gracey Cantalupo discusses how learning and development initiatives, including mentoring, have transitioned to virtual delivery. Cantalupo talks about how virtual programs can be supported by themed mentoring and 3 tips to starting a program in your organization.
June 29, 2020
MentorcliQ's Megan Wolverton discusses the benefits of themed mentoring, also known as mentoring circles, and 5 tips for implementing themed mentoring programs in your organization.
June 2, 2020
MentorcliQ's Gracey Cantalupo shares how companies can modify their employee mentoring programs in these unprecedented times.
May 23, 2020
MentorcliQ's Gracey Cantalupo mentions how virtual mentoring has a positive impact for businesses trying to re-open and engage their remote workforce.
March 27, 2020
MentorcliQ's Paul MacCartney is interviewed on mentoring and the do's and don'ts of starting your own program.
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March 4, 2020
MentorcliQ's Jenn Labin is interviewed on how unconscious bias affects hiring and how you can take steps to minimize unconscious bias at your company.
February 27, 2020
MentorcliQ's Megan Wolverton shares how mentoring is a new and innovative way to approach performance management.
February 24, 2020
MentorcliQ's Todd Greer provides some key steps to launch an employee mentoring program.
February 19, 2020
Jenn Labin, Chief Talent & Diversity Officer of MentorcliQ is featured with MentorcliQ customer Bacardi on how mentoring is helping more women break into top leadership.
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February 12, 2020
MentorcliQ, announces Susan Moss, the Program Manager, Executive Development at Cardinal Health, as the Mentoring Champion of the Year, 2019.
January 9, 2020
The job market is more cutthroat than ever. Companies are jockeying for position to not only attract new talent but also retain the brain trust they’ve got. There are many paths that promise employment nirvana, but one stands out from the rest — mentorship.
November 21, 2019
Organizations that are able to foster these connections effectively see a number of benefits. According to Levis Francis, managing analyst and leader of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s mentoring program, mentoring drives personal and professional growth, increased engagement, higher job satisfaction, and a better sense of the workings and culture of the organization.
November 19, 2019
The glass ceiling has slowly been cracking for years, but it is far from shattered. One company out there leading the charge in this effort is Bacardi. In their quest to continually foster agility, Bacardi recently started looking inward for ways to identify and unleash their untapped talent: Women.
October 24, 2019
From flex time to formal mentoring programs, new job applicants are walking into their final interviews armed with a list of hiring non-negotiables. Here’s what those non-negotiables are and what your company needs to offer in order to attract and retain top talent in the current job market, writes Jenn Labin, chief talent and diversity officer at MentorcliQ.
October 10, 2019
New applicants are walking into their final interviews armed with a set of nonnegotiables that they fully expect their employers to oblige. The checklist includes flexible work schedules, robust wellness options, professional development opportunities, mentoring programs, and a meaningful societal impact as key tenets of the company’s value statement.
October 8, 2019
Organizations need to focus on flexibility, growth opportunities, and company values to attract young talent.
September 30, 2019
A survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of learning platform provider Instructure indicates that more than 34 percent of employees have left their jobs because they were craving career development.
September 26, 2019
New parents re-entering the workforce often juggle the tangible realities of daycare logistics, sleep deprivation, and a cascade of overwhelming work. No matter how parents choose to build their family, the guilt of being split between home and work and of not feeling particularly successful in either place is real.
September 20, 2019
Nearly half of senior-level diversity and inclusion (D&I) leaders responding to a Weber Shandwick study said their D&I efforts are "aligned" with their organizations' goals but had room to improve, while 39% cited theirs as "well-aligned" and 14% said theirs was "misaligned."
September 19, 2019
Interview with Gracey Cantalupo, CMO at MentorcliQ about MentorCom 2019. The conference features experts sharing the latest in employee mentoring trends and best practices. The event is hosted by MentorcliQ, an Ohio-based mentoring software company.
September 16, 2019
What’s Mentoring Return-on-Investment (ROI)? How do you maximize it? You may be thinking: my company struggles to define, collect data, and estimate ROI much less maximize ROI. How could I possibly manage my resources to maximize ROI?
September 15, 2019
While many executives acknowledge the significant impact mentoring has had on their careers, these same executives often view structured mentorship programs as expensive and ineffective.
August 15, 2019
Regardless of a successful exit or startup failure, there is something most entrepreneurs have in common--they are problem solvers capable of finding their way out of any situation.
July 24, 2019
For mentoring to have successful results, the message your company’s mentors are passing on needs to be aligned with your business goals. Here’s some advice on how to achieve that.
July 16, 2019
‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality.
July 1, 2019
Ladders recently spoke with Jenn Labin, Head of Talent and Diversity at software solutions company MentorcliQ, and touched on a variety of subjects including strategies to help organizations prevent burnout, how data science has changed the field of HR, and the challenges those in recruiting and talent acquisition face nowadays.
June 7, 2019
To be effective, mentorship programs need more than a great design; they also need mentors who are confident and capable of developing diverse talent.
May 3, 2019
The debacle illustrated how employers can create problems when they don't couple diversity with inclusion, HR experts explained [...] Although NASA seemingly had good intentions in its bid for diversity, it apparently fell short on execution.
May 2, 2019
Hosts Peter Cappelli and Dan O’Meara are joined by Claire Cain Miller (Correspondent, The New York Times) on the Thursday, May 2, 2019 edition of In the Workplace.
April 22, 2019
As the common saying goes, “The student has become the master.” In mentoring, this occurs when the mentee starts imparting knowledge to the mentor. Believe it or not, this happens all the time!
April 16, 2019
When sponsorship, a kind of mentorship on steroids, caught on in the past decade or so, it was supposed to accelerate diversity in corner offices, since sponsors go beyond advice to become advocates for their protégés. So why hasn’t it worked out that way?
February 22, 2019
An Endeavor study found that founders who received mentoring from top performing entrepreneurs were three times as likely to become top performers themselves compared with peers. The study’s conclusion: quality mentoring matters.
February 13, 2019
When Mitzi Cardenas worked at the corporate offices of Sunshine Jr. stores, she asked former CEO Lana Jane Lewis-Brent if she could observe her and her team during a quarterly P&L review.
January 15, 2019
MentorcliQ acquires TERP Associates. MentorcliQ is appointing TERP Principal, Jenn Labin, as MentorcliQ’s new Chief Talent & Diversity Officer.
January 10, 2019
Some job offers may look great at first glance, but if the cultural fit is off, saying yes could be a big mistake. Here’s what to do before you accept.
January 3, 2019
The start of the year is a great time to take stock of your career and plan your goals for the 12 months ahead.
December 26, 2018
How can you satisfy your staff’s engagement and professional development needs while at the same time having a positive impact on your organization? One of the most cost-effective ways is to start an employee mentoring program. Here are five ways mentoring will transform your organization in 2019.
December 20, 2018
There’s never a wrong or right time to become a mentor — but January might be a great starting point since many people are in the mindset to make moves.
December 17, 2018
From how companies will hire, to the best practices for employees continuing their education, 2019 will bring a shift in the workforce.
December 6, 2018
No matter if you started working with a new boss or you’ve been working with them for a while, these questions can create a mutually-successful dynamic.
November 14, 2018
Without the office culture and day-to-day interactions with co-workers, working from home is leading to increased depression and anxiety for some workers. MentorcliQ hopes to combat the downsides of being a remote worker.
November 12, 2018
We’re in an age when communication takes place on a mobile screen, via the written word or through data sent wirelessly around the world. What’s the effect on our personal lives?
October 30, 2018
By teaming experienced executives with promising emerging talent, businesses are ensuring a steady supply of trained personnel – ready to take the reins when the appropriate time for succession comes. It’s also saving companies both time and money. Mentoring is a cost effective practice that counters employee turnover and disengagement.
October 11, 2018
According to a survey by the American Society for Training and Development, 75 percent of senior executives say mentoring has been critical in helping them reach their current position.
September 3, 2018
Whether it be a colleague, a family member or a recent acquaintance, anyone can be a mentor in some way, if they contribute much needed knowledge and guidance to your life.
August 31, 2018
10TV Columbus interviewed the team behind MentorcliQ’s Mentoring App.
August 29, 2018
MentorcliQ, which provides a dating-like software but for mentoring, will have its inaugural Mentor Community, or MentorCom, conference at COSI on Sept. 20.
July 16, 2018
MentorCom will bring together mentoring experts and companies who support mentoring for their employees to create a community of like-minded professionals who learn from one another by sharing experiences and best practices.
January 18, 2018
For National Mentoring Month, America Mentors (powered by MentorcliQ), is offering free mentoring software for first-generation, low-income college students.
January 10, 2018
In celebration of National Mentoring Month, MentorcliQ is raising awareness on Why Mentoring Matters with The Association of Talent Development.
September 27, 2017
The key to a successful mentoring program is to make it easy for mentors and mentees to get involved and stay engaged.
October 5, 2016
Cardinal Health created an intentional mentoring process, building on the informal mentoring it had relied on before.
September 7, 2016
High performing companies find that creating a talent mobility strategy, always a boon for retention, has ancillary learning benefits that promote internal leadership development as well.