S1 Ep 2 - Justin Clarke, Executive Coach

What this episode covers

In this episode of Mentoring Unlocked, Maude has a deep conversation with technologist and executive coach, Justin Clarke. Mentoring can take several forms – from highly specialised mentoring for pragmatic skills development, through to a broader engagement with a focus on career development that can set an individual on a pathway to leadership themselves. Regardless of the form it takes, however, as Justin’s personal experience with mentoring shows, finding the right, genuine approach to mentoring, and one that delivers high impact and transformative experiences, is critical for organisations as it directly impacts on engagement at all levels and, ultimately, retention and leadership pathways. In this podcast, Maude and Justin discuss: • Justin’s experience with both highly specialised mentoring, and general career guidance. • The distinction between formal and informal mentoring relationships, and the importance and value of both. • The importance for mentors to be aware of and understand their own biases and how that might influence their interactions with their mentees. • How to identify a mentoring relationship that has been high impact and provided the mentee with what they need to achieve their goals. • A critical question that all mentees should be asking of themselves and what they aim to take from mentoring engagements: “Is what you think you want worth wanting?” • The role that technology can play to facilitate high impact mentoring experiences.

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