AppleOne CEO Receives Two Entrepreneur Honors

AppleOne is pleased to announce that our CEO, Janice Bryant Howroyd, is the recipient of two prestigious honors: Viacom network's The BET Honors Entrepreneur of 2008 and the Honor Society of Beta Gamma Sigma's Entrepreneur of the Year. During her illustrious career, Janice has been described as innovative, trailblazing, stellar, focused, inspired and a true partner. She has won numerous awards, including the 2005 Spirit of American Enterprise Presidential Award and the 2007 Outstanding Entrepreneur Award.

Five Steps to Becoming a Better Mentor

Aspects of mentoring include giving useful feedback, mapping out career goals and developing the respect and trust of your protégé. One of the unrecognized values of mentoring is that it reinforces the good habits and traits being absorbed in the mentor as well as cultivating them in the student. Many organizations give themselves a pat on the back for implementing mentoring practices, then become complacent about monitoring and continually improving them. Here are five steps you can take to increase the quality of your mentoring and take it to the next level.