Here’s How You Turn Managers Into Mentors
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In this episode, speaker and coach Naeemah Elias shares her vision for building meaningful mentorship in your organization. She’ll tell you why thoughtful mentorship is better for your people and for your company — and why you don’t need to worry that developing talent means losing it down the line. You’ll leave with scripts and tools for handling performance reviews and tough conversations… and ways to build relationships that last.
Naeemah Elias
Naeemah Elias is an award-winning actress and seasoned corporate leader with a BA in Psychology from Harvard. In 2023, she launched Elias Presence to focus on Thriving as an Outsider, public speaking, and leadership development. With 13 years at State Street Bank, she blends arts, heart, and corporate expertise to transform lives.
Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee is a communication and human nature expert, and an award-winning journalist. She is a professional speaker, and also the author of Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism—and How to Do It, Do Nothing, Heard Mentality, and We Need to Talk. In her twenty-year career in public radio, she has been the executive producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio, and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as cohost of the national morning news show The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Headlee’s TEDx talk sharing ten ways to have a better conversation has over twenty million total views to date. @CelesteHeadlee
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