Mindful Mentoring w/Tom Martin
Mindful Mentoring with Tom Martin- Episode Seven: Ann Barlow, Exec. V.P.- Peppercomm
At the Martin Center, we’re studying the keys to successful mentorships. What we’re finding is that both the mentor and the mentee enter a mentoring relationship with certain expectations about what they hope to get out of the experience. Some mentees are primarily looking for hard skills that will help them advance. Others are looking for more of the intangibles that are keys to long term success. Some want mentors who have similar backgrounds and life experiences, while others want mentors who are quite different. This can apply to gender, ethnicity, geography or life experience.
To help us examine some of these expectations, and how they might differ in women and men, our guest on this episode is Ann Barlow. Ann is Executive Vice President & Chief Engagement Officer at Peppercomm, a midsize integrated communications agency with global reach and a full range of award-winning marketing services. Peppercomm is now part of the Ruder Finn family of companies. Ann has extensive experience in helping women grow professionally, in part through mentoring both women and men. She is a board member of Upward, Silicon Valley's premier nonprofit devoted to helping women of all backgrounds achieve their goals in business. She was also board chair of Professional Businesswomen of California and was named by San Francisco Business Times as one of the Bay Area's most influential women. Ann is also a member of the National Advisory Council here at the College of Charleston.
https://communication.cofc.edu/martin-center/index.php
At the Martin Center, we’re studying the keys to successful mentorships. What we’re finding is that both the mentor and the mentee enter a mentoring relationship with certain expectations about what they hope to get out of the experience. Some mentees are primarily looking for hard skills that will help them advance. Others are looking for more of the intangibles that are keys to long term success. Some want mentors who have similar backgrounds and life experiences, while others want mentors who are quite different. This can apply to gender, ethnicity, geography or life experience.
To help us examine some of these expectations, and how they might differ in women and men, our guest on this episode is Ann Barlow. Ann is Executive Vice President & Chief Engagement Officer at Peppercomm, a midsize integrated communications agency with global reach and a full range of award-winning marketing services. Peppercomm is now part of the Ruder Finn family of companies. Ann has extensive experience in helping women grow professionally, in part through mentoring both women and men. She is a board member of Upward, Silicon Valley's premier nonprofit devoted to helping women of all backgrounds achieve their goals in business. She was also board chair of Professional Businesswomen of California and was named by San Francisco Business Times as one of the Bay Area's most influential women. Ann is also a member of the National Advisory Council here at the College of Charleston.
https://communication.cofc.edu/martin-center/index.php