Chapter Three

The Upside and the Downside for the Organization

Major multinational corporations are implementing facilitated mentoring processes to support priority goals of growth, profit, market share, and return to shareholders. One organization lamented that its staffing of due diligence teams for assessment of potential business acquisitions had stripped the line management ranks of experienced people. With its limited product line, growth in this organization can only be attained by buying businesses in other geographical locations. The larger overall organization allows economy of scale with standard technology for distribution, financial procedures, and human resources. The outcome sought from the mentoring process was to speed development ...

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