Category Archives: Mentoring

Take Pause

Posted on April 4, 2016 by julianstodd

I am used to surprises: on a recent call the woman who i am mentoring described how, over the weekend, her country’s currency had halved in value against the dollar. Local shops had sold out of tobacco and bread. Things … Continue reading →

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Becoming a Social Leader: organisational strategies for engaging and retaining talent

Posted on August 7, 2013 by julianstodd

To face the challenges of the Social Age, a time when change is constant and innovation and creativity key for survival, organisations need social leadership. Social leaders will enable them to develop and maintain their agility, their ability to respond … Continue reading →

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Authority: the changing nature of authority in social learning

Posted on May 2, 2013 by julianstodd

I need to get the clutch fixed on Herman, my 1964 Land Rover. If i was in any way competent, it probably wouldn’t be a huge job, but my level of mechanical ability stops somewhere after changing a tyre or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Age, Agile, Authority, Brand, Community, Connections, Control, Culture, Effectiveness, Experience, Hierarchy, Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Management, Meaning, Mentoring, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Tone of Voice | Tagged , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Environment and learning culture: The view from the top

Posted on December 6, 2012 by julianstodd

Yesterday i was in the Gherkin in London, the iconic Norman Foster building in central London. It’s a great building, irreverent and friendly, unlike it’s taller and newer neighbour, the Shard, which is simply aggressive. The client i was visiting … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam Diary – Day 3: Our community popup learning story

Posted on September 26, 2012 by julianstodd

Yesterday i ran my first ever community popup learning session from Amsterdam, exploring ‘learning culture’, based around these two questions: Question 1: Is learning culture created by the organisation or the learners? Question 2: Do you do most of your … Continue reading →

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Virtual Mentoring: crossing borders and boundaries with asynchronous dialogue.

Posted on May 1, 2012 by julianstodd

Mentoring is an activity based around relationships. It’s built upon trust and integrity, upon shared understanding and the belief that two heads can build a different perspective than one. It’s an intensely personal relationship, requiring elements of disclosure and trust, … Continue reading →

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What’s the line between a mentor and a partner? How much of your role is to facilitate or to co-create?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by julianstodd

I’m working with a mentor at the moment who is building their business in the creative sector. They are very much at the startup stage and much of our conversation is around building collateral and strategy. The relationship between mentor … Continue reading →

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Reflections on mentoring: starting the relationship.

Posted on February 17, 2012 by julianstodd

I’m starting a new mentoring relationship this week, providing support someone i’ve never met before through a global mentoring scheme. It puts people in the UK and US in touch with people in various developing countries to establish mentoring relationships. … Continue reading →

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Surviving feedback. Learning from what we do wrong.

Posted on February 3, 2012 by julianstodd

Nobody gets everything right all of the time. We all make mistakes, misunderstand things, explain things poorly or simply forget to do things. We all experience breakdowns in communication or make wild assumptions that everything is right when in fact, … Continue reading →

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Floating Facebook. Who owns social learning environments and our social media lives?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by julianstodd

We increasingly live in social spaces online. For organising nights out with friends, to share photos of weddings, to connect with other people with an interest in gardening and to complain about the washing machine going wrong. We inhabit these … Continue reading →

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