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FREE GUIDE: How to launch a successful mentoring program
Imagine if you could invest in the potential of all your people and foster success across your...
From Managing to Mentoring – easy to consider but hard to achieve?
It is 2pm and Claire has been in back-to-back meetings since 8am. She has not had lunch yet and...
Is the gap widening between people leaders and team members’ perceptions of what good management looks like?
Coaching, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring
As an executive coach, I have the privilege to be invited into people’s minds. They share their...
3 coaching lessons for today’s leadership
It has never been a conscious decision for me to become an entrepreneur. It is my passion for...
How becoming a mentor can make you a better leader – and help engage and retain your people
We all know that our wellbeing at work depends deeply on our relationship with our boss. Recent...
Why belonging is key to staff engagement and retention – and how mentoring can help
Engagement, Mentoring, Retention
It’s no secret that with Australian unemployment rates at record lows, talent retention is a top...
How sponsorship can help create a diverse and inclusive culture
Diversity and Inclusion, Sponsorship
Two pioneers of diversity research, Robin Ely and David Thomas, are clear that organisations which...
Not all mentoring is equal: how to set up your mentoring program for success
As well as being the most commercially successful film director in history, Steven Spielberg has...
Why Mentoring Is a Win-Win: How mentees and mentors both benefit from mentoring programs
Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring
In Part 1 of this article, we looked at the benefits of mentoring for organisations. We now...
The benefits of mentoring (and why it’s not just for senior leaders anymore)
The former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, spent 25 years at the company and stepped down in 2019....
How do you make it past two mentoring sessions?
Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring
Ask any senior successful individual in the corporate sector and they will tell you that a mentor,...