Create a Mentor Culture
How to mentor with heart and start a ripple effect
Imagine a world where everyone has a mentor…
Imagine a world where everyone has a mentor—where everyone has an experienced guide throughout each stage of life and throughout their careers. A world with mentors for all would be a better world where everyone is lifted up to their fullest potential. Imagine the possibilities if every child, every teen, every student, every adult, and every employee has the opportunity to learn and grow from someone else. That is the world envisioned in these pages.
Mentoring has existed for centuries yet it’s only been in the last five years that it is gaining more traction and understanding. Is mentorship culture spreading due to social media and the online world or are people just ready to embrace more meaningful connections at work and in life? How can mentoring enrich our lives? Should I be a mentor?
These are some of the questions Create a Mentor Culture addresses while also offering up practical insights and advice on how to bring mentor programs to life in your organization or community.
This book also includes ideas on how to be a great mentor or mentee and identifies how mentorship differs from other relationships like coaching, sponsorship, or managing.
Helen Patterson teaches us how being a mentor with heart will create a ripple effect in our companies, communities, and even the world.
Meet the Author: Helen Patterson
As the Founder of Life Works Well, Helen Patterson brings 20 years of passion and experience to creating healthy, high performance and heart-centred cultures that deliver proven results and increased revenues.
Helen has expertise in culture and people strategy and has worked with top Canadian brands and trade associations but now chooses to focus on growing small businesses in all sectors with purpose-driven missions for those who want to make a difference in the world and impact people while increasing their revenue so they can give back.
In addition to leadership roles in human resources and employment law, Helen held senior business positions in product management and marketing where she built innovative and first-to-market initiatives. Helen has also taught in the human resources field at Centennial College and Sheridan College, helping new HR professionals understand the practical side and how to make a difference in their future workplaces. Helen holds a Bachelor of Laws and Masters of Labour and Employment Law, and values continued growth and development.
Helen was the lead editor and author of two Thomson Reuters HR publications - Employment Policies that Work and Best Practice Terminations. She is known for leading National firsts and has increased market share and brand awareness by up to 250%. She’s also helped companies with millions of dollars in cost-savings through innovative people strategy and risk mitigation.
Helen has implemented one-of-a-kind people programs that have increased employee engagement and reduced turnover and absenteeism. She knows how to help companies drive growth through people. Her expertise in technology has also set a new standard in thinking from a user perspective.
As a sought-after speaker, she has engaged a captive audience at DisruptHR, and the CPA and HRPA annual conferences and she’s been a featured guest on several podcasts. Her passions are culture, mentorship and work-life integration and she believes that delivering HR with heart and helping organizations put the heart and soul into their people will impact customers, the community and the world. She is currently working on a book Create a Mentor Culture and the past Chair of Mentorship in the Toronto West chapter of the Human Resources Professional Association, as well as a top 5 Mentor of the Year for Futurpreneur. Mentorship is a huge part of Life Works Well and her personal mission.