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Unit VI Assignment

Columbia Southern University

Professionalism in the Workplace

Professor D. Gualco

Unit VI Assignment
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Human resources are responsible for maximizing individual productivity and shielding

the business from legal and other working risks. Human resources are responsible for

administering employee compensation and benefits, recruiting and terminating workers, and

keeping abreast of legislation that could impact the business and its employees (Anderson &

Bolt, 2017). In addition to discussing the path that he or she took to achieve professional success

with a mentee, a mentor can also act as a role model, provide direction and encouragement, and

offer emotional support. A mentor can aid in job planning, goal setting, networking, and resource

discovery.

Instruct your mentors on how to provide their mentees with objective evaluation. Make it

a requirement that they discuss the mentee's abilities as well as the areas in which the mentee has

room to grow, and make sure they acknowledge the mentee's accomplishments in those areas.

Consider teaching someone else as well. During reverse mentoring, the mentee demonstrates to

the instructor an area in which the mentee is exceptionally knowledgeable. A young employee,

for instance, may be able to provide their mentor with more information about and a better grasp

of the team's current social media advertising plan. When someone is mentored through a

process known as reverse mentoring, the mentee's qualities are highlighted for everyone to see.

The information, guidance, and tools a mentor offers rely on the parameters of the mentoring

relationship and its objectives. A mentor can serve as a source of direction, inspiration,

emotional support, and role model in addition to sharing information about how they attained

their career objectives. A mentor can aid in job planning, goal setting, networking, and resource

discovery. When the mentee's requirements shift, so too might the mentor's responsibilities in the

relationship. Some mentorship relationships are established within the framework of formally

structured programs, complete with predetermined parameters and requirements; others, on the
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other hand, are not subject to the same degree of structure. Problem-solving refers to an

individual's capacity to recognize a solution to a problem through the application of critical

thinking skills. Every day at work, teams must decide how to handle problems. When working

together to find a solution to a problem, individuals have a greater chance of coming up with the

most effective approach or producing the most desirable result. When individuals collaborate on

a project, they can discuss their ideas, evaluate each other's contributions, and select the

approach that they believe will be most successful.

The human resources department is responsible for ensuring that employee productivity

is increased to its full potential while also shielding the company from any problems that may

develop within the workforce. Human resources have many responsibilities, including but not

limited to compensation and benefits, hiring, and firing, and keeping up with new regulations

that could impact the business and its employees. Mentors often play an instrumental role in

developing their mentees by imparting wisdom from their own experiences in the workplace and

providing guidance, motivation, emotional support, and role modeling. A mentor can help with

resource identification, goal setting, relationship building, and job exploration.

You can help your mentors be more successful by teaching them how to give balanced

comments to the people they mentor, which will help you achieve this goal. Be sure that they are

aware of their mentee's abilities and that they communicate those to you, in addition to any

potential areas for growth and development that the mentee may have. Consider using reciprocal

mentoring as well. The mentee acts as the mentor in a reverse mentorship relationship, in which

the mentee shares information about an area where the mentor is exceptionally knowledgeable. If

the younger specialist has additional information and a unique perspective on the new social

media marketing strategy being implemented by the company, they may be able to share that
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information with the more experienced professional. When using reverse mentoring, the mentee's

favorable qualities are brought to the forefront and highlighted positively. When providing

information, guidance, and resources, it is important to take into consideration the objectives and

framework of the mentoring relationship in question. Also think about using reciprocal

mentorship. In the practice of reverse mentorship, the person being mentored is the one who

receives information and advice from the mentee. A young professional may advise an older

colleague if the latter's knowledge and viewpoint on the company's new social media marketing

strategy differs significantly from the former. When providing information, guidance, and

resources, it is important to take into consideration the objectives and framework of the

mentoring relationship in question. A mentor may impart wisdom regarding his or her

professional journey upon a mentee, offering guidance, inspiration, and emotional support and

serving as an example for the mentee to emulate. A mentor can help with resource identification,

goal setting, relationship building, and job exploration. The mentor's position may change in

response to the mentee's shifting needs. Although some mentorship relationships are more casual

than others, the vast majority are carried out within the confines of well-established programs

that adhere to a predetermined set of standards and recommendations. The ability to work

through problems while applying critical thinking skills to find an acceptable solution is known

as problem-solving. Teams are charged with resolving problems that come up at work every day.

When people work together to find solutions to problems, they increase the likelihood that they

will come up with the best solution possible or achieve the best possible outcome. When people

work together, they can debate and assess different ideas before choosing the one that best

addresses the current problem.

References:
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Anderson, L. E., & Bolt, S. B. (2017). Professionalism: Skills for Workplace Success (4th ed.).

Pearson Education (US). [Link]