Making Mentoring Matter

Employee development research has shown one of the best ways for individuals to develop is through developmental relationships. Mentoring is one example of a developmental relationship where individuals can purposefully grow and learn. OD practitioners are often called upon to design and implement mentoring programs as part of employee and leadership development. Key questions you may ask yourself when embarking on development of a mentoring program include: What should we expect out of a mentoring program for both the participants and the organization? What are key elements that make a successful mentoring program? How do we create meaningful mentoring relationships? During this program, Rik Nemanick, Principal Consultant with The Leadership Effect, will discuss his approach to mentoring programs as well as engage the audience to discuss their experiences. Rik will discuss his experience helping many organizations launch and maintain successful programs, as well as incorporate the design behind the St. Louis ODN Mentoring Program as a case study for how mentoring can come together in an organization.

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Rik Nemanick, Ph.D., Principal Consultant with The Leadership Effect

Rik Nemanick is a co-founder of The Leadership Effect, a leader development consulting firm which focuses on strengthening leadership assets in organizations. For over ten years, Rik has worked with organizations to identify and develop their leadership talent, enabling them to deliver better results and build needed bench strength.

Rik's has helped his clients develop their leadership in many ways, including the following:

• Designing and implementing mentoring programs aimed at high potential individual contributors, project leaders, and people leaders,
• Measuring leadership potential through individual assessments and assessment centers,
• Coaching individual leaders to develop their strengths and achieve their individual development goals,
• Facilitating teams from startup to production, and
• Conducting leadership training.

Rik's diverse client base spans the private and public sectors, including both publicly traded and privately held firms. His recent clients have included Covidien, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Monsanto, Boeing, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, and Nestlé Purina PetCare.

Rik has been an adjunct faculty member in Saint Louis University's MBA program and an instructor in Washington University's Masters of Human Resource Management program. He has given seminars on mentoring and organizational change to various professional organizations. Rik holds a doctorate in organizational psychology from Saint Louis University.