Today on Stop. Drop. & ROLE, we're asking a hard question: What happens when the people we trust to develop and spend time with our young or new talent, mentors, aren't actually equipped to do the job? Maybe they're stuck in old ways. Maybe they’ve internalized poor habits. Whatever the case, the cost is high - for our teams, our culture, and our business.

Employees with effective mentors are 2.5x more likely to stay longer than five years. But when mentorship is misaligned, it becomes unhealthy and 43% of employees in a recent survey reported quitting a job due to poor leadership or mentorship.

Join Jen today as she explains why a person's manager should not be their mentor as well as the trouble with mentor programs that are mandatory and mentors in a q ...