The Leader As a Mentor
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 underestimate 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.
Watch Uspire’s Mark Francis and guests for this 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
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.
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.
Coaching focuses on unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. Mentoring, by contrast, is about sharing wisdom, experience and perspective to help someone navigate their journey. 
