2011 Interviews for Mentoring

These are some of the people I interviewed this year to act as your mentors. In case you missed any of the interviews, when you get the opportunity, take a moment to read them. While you are reading the interviews, think of what you have in common with the interviewees, and ask yourself, what can I learn from them that I can use in my work and life? You can also find these interviews and more on the Mentors page of the blog Mind your Qs please! She was the first female CEO of a steel company in Canada (Part I) (Part II) She left a successful search consulting business to become a human excellence coach (Part I), (Part II) The life … [Read more...]

The Invisible Mentor Week in Review

This is what we talked about on The invisible Mentor Blog this week: Review of Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Babbage, the Father of the Computer and Interview with Phyllis Yaffe. Mondays at the Salon Summer is the perfect time to work on personal projects that you usually wouldn’t have time for. What’s Your Summer Project? Booked on Tuesdays This week we reviewed the essay, Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Self-Reliance as used in the essay is living up to your full potential. Review: Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Wisdom Wednesdays Charles Babbage designed a computer 150 years before one … [Read more...]

From the Library to the Executive Suite, The Invisible Mentor Interviews Phyllis Yaffe, Part Two

Interviewee Name: Phyllis Yaffe, Chair Company Name: Ryerson University Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Phyllis Yaffe: I've spent my career doing things in the cultural industry in Canada. I became the CEO of Alliance Atlantis in 2005, and we sold the company at the end of 2007. I officially retired, but my husband says I’m failing at that. I now spend a lot of my time on corporate boards, as well as chairing the board of Ryerson University, so I have many interests that I spend my time on now. Avil Beckford: How do you integrate your personal and professional life? Phyllis Yaffe: Like everybody else, … [Read more...]