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CEU Podcast - Is Mentorship Dead?

Written by The Learning Objective | Sep 12, 2023 8:11:00 PM

 

Is Mentorship Dead?

Unlocking Modern Career Development

In this episode, presented by Teknion, ThinkLab interviews Dost Bardouille, Director of Sustainability and
Corporate Responsibility of Swinerton; and Nina Johnson, Senior Commercial Insights Manager at
Armstrong Craven. They discuss the pitfalls of traditional mentorship and explore three additional
solutions for career development and up-skilling your talent in a modern era.

Accredited for: IDCEC | 0.5 CEU 

 

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Season 2, Episode 03 Show Notes

In this episode, presented by Teknion, ThinkLab interviews Dost Bardouille, Director of Sustainability and
Corporate Responsibility of Swinerton; and Nina Johnson, Senior Commercial Insights Manager at
Armstrong Craven. They discuss the pitfalls of traditional mentorship and explore three additional
solutions for career development and up-skilling your talent in a modern era.

In part one, we sit down with Dost Bardouille of Swinerton to evaluate the pitfalls of traditional career
development and compare two new methods of connection: sponsorship and champions. And in part
two, we sit down with Nina Johnson of Armstrong Craven to identify how implementing a shadow
board, a tactic that major fashion house Gucci used, can provide employees with high level engagement
and in turn prove long-term success for a company's growth.


After listening, you will be able to:

1. Identify a key shift impacting career development today
2. Compare three new methods used for engagement
3. Assess the D.E.I. benefits of champions
4. Summarize the 7 considerations needed in designing a shadow board.

Take the Quiz

Want CEU credit for listening? Take the quiz, and earn your certificate of completion. 

How it Works

If this is your first audio-CEU experience you might have some questions – like, "Can I really get CEU credit for listening to a podcast?" and "How exactly does this whole CEU podcast thing work?" And the answer is yes, you CAN earn CEU credits for tuning in and the process is quick and easy.

Here's how to complete your entire CEU podcast process in 3 simple steps:

Step 1: Listen to the episode.
Step 2:
Take a short, 5-question quiz.
            *Scoring an 80% or above on the quiz will earn you 0.5 CEU.
Step 3: Upon passing the quiz, receive your certificate of completion from CEU provider Teknion.

 

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Special thanks to our CEU episode sponsors, Teknion, for partnering with us to provide valuable insights on compelling topics for the design industry.