The Benefits of Mentoring

Mentoring has several benefits:

• It helps reduce turnover. Many people leave organizations because their careers are not developing as they had hoped. A mentor can be influential in helping such a person in his career and convincing him to stay. This is especially true in your Toastmasters club. New members who have mentors are more likely to participate and remain in the club.
• It helps develop talent. Often an organization faces a shortage of qualified personnel. Mentors can be helpful in finding and training others to fill the void.
• It helps develop leaders. Leaders should be grooming others to assume leadership positions. In your Toastmasters club, having more leaders means having a larger pool of qualified people available to share the responsibilities involved in running the club.