Reverse mentoring: the motives
Explore the motives behind reverse-mentoring
Explore the motives behind reverse-mentoring
Reverse mentoring has become a more popular way of driving skills development within organisations. This study explored the motivational processes of both younger and older workers when taking part in reverse mentoring initiatives.
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Gerwyn is the CIPD’s Public Policy Adviser for a wide range of labour market issues. With lead responsibility for welfare reform, migration and zero-hour contracts at the CIPD, Gerwyn has led and shaped the policy debate and achieved substantial national media coverage through various publications. These include Zero-hours contracts: myth and reality (2013) and The growth of EU labour: assessing the impact on the UK labour market (2014).
In addition Gerwyn authors the CIPD's high profile and influential quarterly Labour Market Outlook. Gerwyn is an experienced labour market commentator, making regular appearances in the national media and on other public platforms, including several appearances before the House of Commons Work and Pensions select committee.
Emma Jordaan, Founder and CEO of Dubai-based consultancy, Infinite Consulting, explores leadership’s role in embracing diversity to achieve the cultural unity needed to sustain organisational performance
In this guest blog for International HR Day 2026, Margareta Nikolovska, Senior Human Capital Development Expert, ETF Agency of the European Union, explores how continuous learning and upskilling are the backbone of performance, innovation and productivity.
As distractions multiply and cognitive load intensifies, even well-designed training can fail to translate into improved performance. So what really determines whether learning sticks? How can organisations create the conditions that enable learning to be applied, sustained and embedded in everyday work.
Katie Stickland, CIPD Knowledge Exchange Manager, reviews research that examines how HR departments have utilised digital technology such as AI and analytics
What are the barriers to the adoption of generative AI tools at work and how can they be overcome?
An exploration of how generative AI tools like ChatGPT can be used effectively to support human resource management
Research investigates what factors influence employees’ responses to electronic performance monitoring