Mentorship adds DEPTH to the Leadership Pool

What’s happening in the leadership pool? 

Great leaders and their organizations have an ability to bring diverse and differing parts of an organization together, in ways that unite us around a common vision. They bring out the best in each of us - for the betterment of all.

In today’s globally competitive environment, organizations must continually seek creative ways to maximize their potential for success. That involves not only tapping into, but intentionally cultivating and developing the great potential that others bring to the table. It just makes sense to take steps to incorporate the expertise, experience and connections that others bring to our organizations!

Mentorship can help us add depth to our leadership pool and build new bridges that serve us well into the future! We encourage our clients to explore a wide variety of approaches, and draw out the most beneficial aspects from formal and informal mentorship relationships, individual and group mentoring, face-to-face and long-distance mentoring, cross-departmental, cross-sectoral and cross-cultural mentorship experiences.

The potential to increase capacity through mentorship is huge. Here’s one example of efforts being made to bring a greater level of diversity and perspective to proactive organizations.

Doug Piquette, Executive Director

We were pleased to have the opportunity to get together with Doug Piquette, Executive Director of the Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council (ERIEC) to talk about several key aspects of mentorship. Of particular interest was their mentoring of professionals who are new to the Canadian work experience.  The ERIEC Career Mentorship Program matches skilled immigrants (mentees) in the Edmonton region with local employers (mentors) who share a similar occupational background and creates networks through real-life connections and experience.

Doug Piquette has over 20 years' experience in the non-profit sector. Since 2008, he has served as Executive Director of the Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council (ERIEC) a business led council that brings leaders together to create and champion solutions to better integrate immigrants in the Edmonton Capital Region. As part of his endeavours at ERIEC, Mr. Piquette led business stakeholders in the creation of a new strategic plan to increase the impact and scale of ERIEC's work.

The ERIEC Website is at: http://eriec.ca

Our interview has been uploaded in two separate video clips. The first being made public in December 2017 and the second installment to come in January 2018. The introduction and closing have elements in common for those who may not have viewed the other video, however specifics in Video - 1 include:

- The unique needs and requirements in Mentoring newcomers.
- Suggestions to help improve the overall quality of the Mentorship relationship.
- The value gained by those involved in the Mentoring relationships.
- Thoughts for those considering Mentorship.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE YOUTUBE VIDEO

"Mentor Interview ERIEC 1"

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