While mentoring is often viewed as one person giving and the other person receiving, Stacy Blake-Beard, Professor of Management at Simmons College, defines mentoring as a mutually empowering relationship where both parties learn and benefit. Blake-Beard offers insight into the importance of developing mentoring relationships that are based in both similarity and difference – where individuals can build…
TEDx Ursuline College
In her insightful talk, Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard, Professor at Simmons College, shares the importance of mentoring as a transformational process. Drawing on her experiences as both a mentoring research scholar and as a recipient of powerful mentoring relationships, Dr. Blake-Beard points out several critical points. There are many different roles that mentors can represent, from inspiring family members to professional icons to peer…
I have always been attracted to “Wall Art.” As I was growing, I loved seeing “graffiti.” I appreciated the colorful imagery (because it was always colorful). I also wondered – how did the “the defacer” – the person who violated rules and forced their images on others—how did they reach the places they “drew?” The
Shukriya … I have taken this Arabic term … to my heart for so many reasons. I learned of Shukriya during my time teaching in India. I was faculty at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad. I was teaching a course on gender in organizations. Creating a space for learning on this topic
No matter where we are in the world, there are few certainties. Except that the sun will rise. As I traveled around Africa, floating above the Serengeti and over the Valley of the Kings, there was something magical and inspiring and scary – all at once. Each sunrise reminded me of how precious our time
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