APM Built Environment IN podcast series, Different mentors, different influence

🕑 36mins

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Joined by Lauren Neal, a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Project Professional and Fellow of both the Association for Project Management (APM) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Lauren is also the author of Valued at Work, shortlisted for the 2024 Institute of Leadership's Leadership Book of the Year. With more than 20 years’ experience in engineering and major projects, she now works with leaders to unlock hidden capability by creating workplaces where people feel valued, trusted and able to do their best work. In this episode, we’ll explore the power of mentorship, partnership and connection, and why the conversations we have throughout our careers often shape us more than we realise.

The main topics covered:

1. Experience of having different mentors at different points in their career, and how each relationship supported a different type of growth.
2. Different mentors, different influence - the examples of the senior woman, the senior man, the project professional who moved into organisational learning, and the values-led mentor.
3. Technical, behavioural and leadership skills.
4. Values and motivation.
5. Practical takeaways.