When Farmer's Business Network (FBN) launched a mentorship program earlier this year to pair emerging talent with more experienced employees, the ag tech company realized it already had robust resources within its organization to foster professional development.
FBN simply needed to provide the conduit to get the right people connected, says Kira Dylla, the company's senior manager for learning and development.
'"The feeling was, hey, we've got a lot of great experience, perspective, know-how, all of those kinds of things,'" Dylla says. '"We should really be utilizing our own assets and our own experience and expertise to help build and develop our workforce.'"
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