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Reverse mentoring is an innovative way to encourage learning and facilitate cross-generational relationships. It involves partnership of a younger, junior employee acting as mentor sharing his experience and expertise with an older, senior colleague as mentee. It is an alternative form of mentoring and a technique to gain technical expertise of the mentor and emphasizing leadership development of the mentees. Reverse mentoring in fact helps in building bridges between generations. Young employees offer a fresh perspective on technology, social media and consumer culture. The idea is to bring the same perspective in the field of education.

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