ForgeRock Chief People Officer Tschudy Smith
While the impact of successful mentorship has been proven in a multitude of ways, there is still the fear that participants could be mismatched or that a mentor\u2019s time might be wasted. Concerns that the relationship will be short-lived or even fail can also get in the way of tremendous results. Today\u2019s guest asks us to consider using intention and purpose to guide these relationships. Please join us in welcoming Tschudy Smith, Chief People Officer at ForgeRock, to share her perspective on purpose-driven mentorship. Tuning in, you\u2019ll learn some of the characteristics of great leaders, why Tschudy believes we have to be more intentional than ever about who we bring into our network, and how to set outcomes and objectives before entering into a mentorship relationship. We also touch on the importance of empathy, the fundamental differences between a sponsor and a mentor, and the role that places and culture play for CPOs in a post-pandemic world, plus so much more.
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Key Points From This Episode:
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- Insight into Tschudy\u2019s background and how she ended up in her current role at ForgeRock.
- How she came to understand the role that empathy plays in a leadership role.
- The value of mentorship and why Tschudy believes we have to be more intentional than ever about who we have in our network.
- A purposeful, outcomes-driven approach to inviting a mentor or a sponsor to work with you.
- Measuring the success of a mentor/mentee relationship against those initial objectives.
- An understanding of the differences between a mentor and a sponsor.
- Characteristics of a great leader, from transparent dialogue to advocating on behalf of others.
- Why the role of a sponsor is such a complicated one in today\u2019s highly matrixed organizations.
- How Tschudy conceived of the role of Chief People Officer (CPO) and her approach to it.
- Why today\u2019s leadership is about more than to-do lists and agendas; it\u2019s about people.
- The role that places and culture play for CPOs in a post-pandemic world.
- Tschudy elaborates on some of the \u2018non-negotiables\u2019 for CPOs today.
- How Tschudy decided that CPO was the right role for her and how it aligned with her goals.
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Tweetables:
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\u201cSome of those formal or informal engagements we might have expected to have are fewer and [farther] between, [so] we have to be even more intentional about who we have in our network that is there to support us, to guide us, and to give us some coaching and insight.\u201d \u2014 Tschudy Smith [0:06:22]
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\u201cI feel like it\u2019s important to pay it forward and, I\u2019ll tell you, when you can play the role of mentor, you also learn.\u201d \u2014 Tschudy Smith [0:07:32]
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\u201cThe idea of a sponsor is to have somebody who advocates on your behalf, who is in those rooms, who is in those conversations, and who actually [thinks] about you when you\u2019re not there.\u201d \u2014 Tschudy Smith [0:15:07]
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\u201cThis is 22nd-century leadership. It isn\u2019t just about managing a to-do list. It isn\u2019t just about showing up to run an agenda for a team meeting. It\u2019s getting proximate, caring for your people, seeing them at their best, and figuring out how you can help them do more of that.\u201d \u2014 Tschudy Smith [0:22:22]
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