CONNECT | FOCUS | GROW
The Connect | Focus | Grow training was developed as part of the National Mentoring Project, a pilot project managed by MENTOR National in partnership with the America’s Promise Alliance / Center for Promise and with support from the Schultz Family Foundation.
Connect | Focus | Grow is a training curriculum that employs a three-pronged approach – to equip mentors with skills to effectively support the personal and professional growth of young people, to coach supervisors on how to manage with a mentoring mindset, and how to guide young people towards engaging and leveraging mentoring opportunities while, at the same time, meeting their goals. The goal of Connect | Focus | Grow is to create a mentoring mindset for industry professionals to increase positive outcomes for youth and jobseekers that are not traditionally seen as candidates
This training serves:
- Young people who are entering or preparing to enter the workforce
- Supervisors of youth employees
- Community-based and employee mentors of youth
If you’re interested in learning more and offering Connect | Focus | Grow in your organization, contact Jeronima Nix for more details.
Watch how the Connect | Focus | Grow program has positively impacted youth, guided their career paths, and helped them gain confidence in the workplace.
Read our Connect | Focus | Grow Blogs
- Iowa MENTOR Elevates Professional Experiences for Youth: a Mentor-Mentee SpotlightOftentimes when people imagine a “boss,” they think of someone who runs meetings, signs paychecks, and works in a closed-off office, far away from the rest of the… Read more: Iowa MENTOR Elevates Professional Experiences for Youth: a Mentor-Mentee Spotlight
- BUILDING A CITY OF LEADERS: WORKPLACE MENTORING IN VIRGINIAThe mentoring movement believes that relationships are powerful agents for change; when individuals feel heard and supported, communities strengthen and equity grows. It is critical that these relationships… Read more: BUILDING A CITY OF LEADERS: WORKPLACE MENTORING IN VIRGINIA
- Big or Small the National Mentoring Project Works for All!One of the core concepts of the mentoring movement is the belief that all young people are capable of greatness, and that the support of caring adults (mentors)… Read more: Big or Small the National Mentoring Project Works for All!
- Connect|Focus|Grow in Greater Milwaukee: Seeing Future PossibilitiesFor Toni White, there’s no question that workplace mentoring plays a key role in recruiting and retaining youth employees. She sees it everyday in her work as Director… Read more: Connect|Focus|Grow in Greater Milwaukee: Seeing Future Possibilities
- Mentor Spotlight: The National Mentoring Project at PlayWorkplace mentoring opens doors and expands possibilities; our research demonstrates the benefits to be widespread, affecting young people, their workplace mentors, and organizations as a whole. To amplify… Read more: Mentor Spotlight: The National Mentoring Project at Play
- Workforce Development Spotlight: Schultz Family FoundationAs we spread the message of the importance of mentoring in the workplace through the Workplace Equity Pledge, we’re spotlighting key partners doing innovative and remarkable work in… Read more: Workforce Development Spotlight: Schultz Family Foundation
- Mentoring Relationships as a Lever for Positive Youth Outcomes in the WorkplaceOver the past nine months, Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) has been working collaboratively with Starbucks Boston, YOU Boston, and Madison Park Development Corporation to support employment and career… Read more: Mentoring Relationships as a Lever for Positive Youth Outcomes in the Workplace
- MENTOR’s Workforce Development Program: Advancing Workplace Equity Through Corporate Partnerships“All young people need equal access to opportunity. They need a chance to leverage their strengths and learn what their assets are. And that is what workplace mentoring… Read more: MENTOR’s Workforce Development Program: Advancing Workplace Equity Through Corporate Partnerships