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The Power of Reframing When You’re Told “No”

The Power of Reframing When You’re Told “No”

May 20, 2025 | Coaching, Engagement, Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring

At some point in every career, we face a moment that feels like a line in the sand. A job you don’t apply for because you’re not ready. An opportunity you pass on because you assume the answer will be no. A seat at the table you talk yourself out of asking for — not...
Leading Through the Hard Conversations

Leading Through the Hard Conversations

May 2, 2025 | Engagement, Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring

One of the least glamorous, but most essential skills in leadership is knowing how to have a difficult conversation. Whether it’s challenging a board decision, confronting underperformance, or pushing back on a superior’s judgment, hard conversations are part and...
Addressing the Authenticity Paradox in Mentoring

Addressing the Authenticity Paradox in Mentoring

Feb 25, 2025 | Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring, Resources

There’s a common trap in mentoring relationships that’s easy to miss. It occurs when both parties try and shape the mentee into a “carbon copy” of their mentor. This creates an “authenticity paradox” in which the very relationship meant to help a person,...
Why Mentoring Is a Win-Win: How mentees and mentors both benefit from mentoring programs

Why Mentoring Is a Win-Win: How mentees and mentors both benefit from mentoring programs

May 11, 2023 | Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring

In Part 1 of this article, we looked at the benefits of mentoring for organisations. We now explore the benefits of mentoring for individuals. Mentoring in the workplace: how people benefit The best mentors are like sherpas, guiding mentees to ascend their personal...
How do you make it past two mentoring sessions?

How do you make it past two mentoring sessions?

May 1, 2023 | Mentee Guidance, Mentor Guidance, Mentoring

Ask any senior successful individual in the corporate sector and they will tell you that a mentor, a sponsor, or a coach has, at a point in time in their career, contributed to their success. Some share the story of a lifelong sponsor who was critical at each...

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