In this Brandon Hall Group™ Excellence at Work Podcast, Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer, engages in an insightful conversation with Jodi Petersen, VP of Customer Experience at Chronus, exploring the critical role of strategic mentoring in leadership development and how organizations can prepare for unique challenges in 2025. The discussion examines how companies can leverage mentorship programs to build resilience, foster retention, and create effective leadership pipelines while navigating unprecedented workforce changes and technological disruption.
Key Discussion Points:
- Leadership Evolution: Understanding how hybrid work environments, emerging technologies like AI, and multi-generational workplaces require new leadership approaches
- The Cost of Poor Leadership: Examining how unprepared leadership costs organizations approximately one trillion dollars annually through voluntary turnover
- Mentorship Transformation: How mentoring has evolved from an executive-only practice to a strategic lever for developing employees at all levels
- Strategic Program Design: Creating mentorship initiatives aligned with business objectives rather than just “feel good” programs vulnerable to budget cuts
- Technology-Enabled Scaling: Leveraging platforms to remove administrative burdens and scale mentoring programs effectively across organizations
- Career Pivot Support: Using mentorship to facilitate internal career transitions, improving retention of valuable talent
- Program Implementation: Practical approaches for securing executive buy-in, aligning with organizational goals, and designing for scalability
The future of effective leadership development requires a sophisticated blend of traditional learning, experiential opportunities, and personalized mentorship. Jodi’s insights demonstrate how organizations can create strategic mentoring programs that drive measurable business outcomes while developing more confident, capable leaders who can navigate complex business challenges and technological disruption.
About Chronus:
Chronus is an purpose-driven development platform that offers mentoring and employee resource group (ERG) management software to help enterprise organizations combat the disengagement and organizational connection crisis.
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