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When: Thursday 12th February
Time: 13:00 - 14:00pm
Why the most impactful leaders both have a mentor - and are one.

Mentoring has always been a powerful force in leadership, but it’s rarely taught as a leadership skill. Many leaders are expected to mentor their teams without ever being shown how. Others under estimate the impact mentoring can have, assuming it’s informal, optional, or something to “pick up along the way”.

At the same time, many leaders are navigating complexity, pressure, and change without a mentor of their own.

Join Uspire's Mark Francis and guests for this exciting new webinar that explores the leader as a mentor - not as an add-on to your role, but as a core capability that builds confidence, trust, and leadership presence across organisations.

Why this webinar matters

Research and experience tell us the same thing:

  • Mentoring builds confidence and belonging
  • Confident people perform better, communicate more clearly, and grow faster
  • Leaders who mentor well, create stronger and more resilient teams

But mentoring only works when it’s done well.

In this session, we’ll explore what mentoring really means in a leadership context, why it matters now more than ever, and how leaders can mentor in a way that genuinely develops people, rather than simply advising or directing. 

Your key takeaways:

In this practical and reflective session, we'll explore:

  1. What is mentoring, really?
    Understanding mentoring as a leadership capability, and how it differs from managing, advising, or coaching.
  2. Why mentoring is so important
    The role mentoring plays in building confidence, trust, engagement, and leadership presence within teams.
  3. How to mentor team members well
    Practical approaches, behaviours, and mindset shifts that help leaders mentor effectively - without needing to have all the answers.
  4. How coaching complements mentoring
    Why mentoring and coaching are most powerful when used together, and how leaders can draw on both to elevate their impact.

Who this webinar is for:

This webinar will be an excellent learning tool for:

  • Leaders and managers at all levels

  • Senior Leaders developing future leaders

  • People Managers who want to mentor with greater confidence

  • Leaders who are mentors, or considering becoming one
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Webinar Host: Mark Francis  

With 27 years of commercial experience in FMCG and a background as VP of Global HR at JT International, Mark Francis blends deep commercial insight with a passion for developing people. As a founding partner of Uspire, he has spent the past 12 years coaching and training teams in 42 countries across 9 industries - always with his hallmark energy and enthusiasm. Mark leads Commercial Academies for Uspire’s core clients, achieving an impressive mean ROI of 7:1

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From Insight to Action

This webinar complements the latest episode of the Unlocked podcast.

In Unlocked, we explore the lived experience of leadership - in this edition we unlock real conversations about coaching, mentoring, and what truly builds confidence and presence. The webinar takes those insights and turns them into practice.

Together, the podcast and webinar bridge the gap between insight and action  - helping leaders move from understanding mentoring to using it with confidence.

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