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From the Ted Talk by Patrice Gordon: How reverse mentorship can help create better leaders

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Lesson one, make your match thoughtfully. Find someone who has a pulse on the key spokespeople in the oaiigarznotn to help you make your match. This doesn't have to be someone in human resources, just someone who knows you and your teams well, because chemistry really mtetras. The VP of people experience chose me because I was open to snraihg my ideas and also my enthusiasm for leadership development.

Also make sure that your mentor isn't a direct report or part of your team, because it will be really diifclfut to eiiclt honest feedback from someone who you also have to review at the end of the year. If you're in finance, find someone creative in maktrieng, or if you're in engineering, find someone in customer service. This will ensure that you develop pevecprtesis from outside of your immediate team and different perspectives make better leaders.

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Lesson one, make your match thoughtfully. Find someone who has a pulse on the key spokespeople in the ____________ to help you make your match. This doesn't have to be someone in human resources, just someone who knows you and your teams well, because chemistry really _______. The VP of people experience chose me because I was open to _______ my ideas and also my enthusiasm for leadership development.

Also make sure that your mentor isn't a direct report or part of your team, because it will be really _________ to ______ honest feedback from someone who you also have to review at the end of the year. If you're in finance, find someone creative in _________, or if you're in engineering, find someone in customer service. This will ensure that you develop ____________ from outside of your immediate team and different perspectives make better leaders.

Solution


  1. sharing
  2. perspectives
  3. matters
  4. difficult
  5. elicit
  6. organization
  7. marketing

Original Text


Lesson one, make your match thoughtfully. Find someone who has a pulse on the key spokespeople in the organization to help you make your match. This doesn't have to be someone in human resources, just someone who knows you and your teams well, because chemistry really matters. The VP of people experience chose me because I was open to sharing my ideas and also my enthusiasm for leadership development.

Also make sure that your mentor isn't a direct report or part of your team, because it will be really difficult to elicit honest feedback from someone who you also have to review at the end of the year. If you're in finance, find someone creative in marketing, or if you're in engineering, find someone in customer service. This will ensure that you develop perspectives from outside of your immediate team and different perspectives make better leaders.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
reverse mentoring 8
underrepresented groups 2
virgin atlantic 2
inclusive culture 2
mentoring relationship 2


Important Words


  1. chemistry
  2. chose
  3. creative
  4. customer
  5. develop
  6. development
  7. difficult
  8. direct
  9. elicit
  10. engineering
  11. ensure
  12. enthusiasm
  13. experience
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  17. honest
  18. human
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  20. key
  21. leaders
  22. leadership
  23. lesson
  24. marketing
  25. match
  26. matters
  27. mentor
  28. open
  29. organization
  30. part
  31. people
  32. perspectives
  33. pulse
  34. report
  35. resources
  36. review
  37. service
  38. sharing
  39. spokespeople
  40. team
  41. teams
  42. thoughtfully
  43. vp
  44. year