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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:
- What is mentoring, really?
Understanding mentoring as a leadership capability, and how it differs from managing, advising, or coaching. - Why mentoring is so important
The role mentoring plays in building confidence, trust, engagement, and leadership presence within teams. - How to mentor team members well
Practical approaches, behaviours, and mindset shifts that help leaders mentor effectively - without needing to have all the answers. - 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
Mark Francis - Host
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.
Steve Jebson - Guest Speaker
Steve brings senior leadership experience from major UK and international brands including Sainsbury’s, Asda, Superdrug and Greene King.
Having led commercial teams in high-pressure environments across retail and hospitality, Steve has seen first-hand how mentoring builds confidence, capability and leadership presence.
Wicus Van Bijon - Guest Speaker
With deep experience supporting small and medium-sized business owners, Wicus understands the pressures leaders face when they’re caught working in the business rather than on it.
Having navigated multiple business journeys, Wicus brings a practical, mentoring-led approach to leadership - helping owners and leaders step back, build confidence, and make better decisions that create space for growth.
Dai Rees - Guest Speaker
Dai Rees brings arare combination of elite performance, senior leadership, and deep human insight.
Dai works with leaders and businesses to build emotional capability as a core leadership skill. His work is grounded in the Inner Edge Emotional Cycle - emotional awareness, emotional intelligence, emotional health, and emotional leadership, helping leaders make better decisions, navigate pressure, and lead with clarity, integrity, and authenticity in demanding environments.
Unlocked - The Uspire Partnership Podcast
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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