Episode 13: Leadership and Mentoring
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Pay It Forward Podcast
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With 20 years of finance recruitment experience, Karen has a track record of recruiting top finance talent for businesses across a range of industry sectors and is a trusted industry voice on career planning and market insights.
In this podcast, Karen, Gareth and Jamie discuss what makes a good leader and the importance of mentoring for your employees' growth.
“You might listen to this and think you have never mentored someone but I bet 9/10 of you have as you have given someone encouragement and empowerment”
“To be mentored is just reaching out to somebody in a very human way to ask for help”
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“To be mentored is just reaching out to somebody in a very human way to ask for help”
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