Mindful Mentoring w/Tom Martin
Mentors can play a critical role in our life journey. As a mentor yourself, you can change lives in profound ways. This 30-minute interview program focuses on successful leaders whose lives and careers have been shaped by mentoring relationships. It also provides useful tips for both mentors and mentees to make mentoring relationships more effective.
Episodes
26 episodes
Season Two Premiere: Is there a Doctor in the House?
In the Season Two opener, Mindful Mentoring producer Jim Hickey turns the tables and interviews the podcast's host, Tom Martin. Jim asks Tom about his recent experience receiving an honorary doctorate (along with his wife, Wanda), and deliverin...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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18:01
Learning from Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren: Tiffin Jernstedt, Chief Communications Officer, Neiman Marcus
Tiffin Jernstedt is a major figure in the world of fashion and retail communications. She's currently the chief communications officer for the iconic Neiman Marcus Group. Tiffin has worked closely with some of the most famous figures in the fas...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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21:03
Overcoming Adversity with Grace and Passion: Bradley Akubuiro- Partner, Bully Pulpit International
From his freshman year to senior year in high school, Bradley Akubuiro lost thirteen friends to homicide. Despite a challenging upbringing, he has gone on to work with powerful figures, including Reverend Jesse Jackson and the President of Libe...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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24:23
Sponsors and Mentors, Why Both Matter: Marta Ronquillo Newhart- Board member, business executive, master mentor.
What is the difference between a mentor and a sponsor, and why are both important? What can we learn from Frederick Douglass the African-American orator who has been gone for over one hundred years? How do Latinos overcome unfair cultural stere...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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22:27
From Tanzania to Charleston, Lessons from a Master Mentor: Lancie Affonso- College of Charleston
His journey began in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in east Africa. Lancie Affonso had never heard of the College of Charleston, but a single letter written by an honors student at the college drew him to become a first-generation student in 1992. Mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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19:15
What makes mentorships work?: Dr. Beth Goodier- Director, The Martin Center for Mentorship
Why do some mentoring relationships succeed, and others fail? What are the keys to a great mentoring experience? Thanks to groundbreaking research from the Martin Center for Mentorship, we are beginning to find the answers. In this episode, Dr....
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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20:57
How LinkedIn Can Help You Find Your Dream Job: Nicole Moreo- Customer Insights, LinkedIn
Can LinkedIn help you find your dream job? "Absolutely yes," says Nicole Moreo, and she should know. Moreo is the head of Customer Insights for North America at LinkedIn. In this episode she shares some tips for how to make your LinkedIn...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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25:35
How One College Student is Developing Young Mentors: MJ Biener, Palmetto Mentors
Can a college student create an effective mentoring program? Emphatically, yes! Just ask MJ Biener, a senior in the business school at the College of Charleston. He knew he had benefitted from the mentorship of other students, and he wanted to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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12:31
Changing Communities, Changing Lives: Jamilla Harper, COO, Metanoia
How do you change communities for the better? How do you restore hope and belief to a community that had long felt forgotten? How do you empower the citizens of that community and their children to take charge in creating a new future? That's w...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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19:17
Is graduate school right for you? Three Martin Scholars Share Their Life Lessons
Graduate School, Is It Right for You? This is a question we hear all the time from current students about to graduate, as well as from those who have been in the workforce a few years but who are looking for a change. Will a graduate degree hel...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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20:31
Making Career Decisions: Featuring Three Martin Scholars
How do you know when a job is right for you, and when it isn't? How do you get experience when all the job postings require that you already have experience? What are some ways to keep yourself "job read...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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19:54
Your Career is a Lattice, not a Ladder: Andy Hilton, Communications Leader at Corporations and Agencies
“Think of your career as a lattice rather than a ladder. You progress through an interwoven network of mentors—both formal and informal. Be open to gaining new experiences that prepare you for the next challenge, and committing the time to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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20:18
Learning from the Best: Linda Rutherford, Chief Administration Officer, Southwest Airlines
Be curious, never underestimate the importance of relationships, take care of your network, and admit your vulnerability. These are just a few of the life lessons Linda Rutherford shares on the latest episode. She is one of the senior leaders a...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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15:53
Making it without Faking It: Featuring Jack Bartlett, Class of '23
Should you fake it till you make it? Definitely not, according to Jack Bartlett on this episode. Jack, a Martin Scholar and Honors College student, graduated in 2023 from the College of Charleston. He is now an associate with Totem, a relations...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:13
How Can a Co-Pilot Help: Featuring Bill Imada, Founder National Millennial and GenZ Community
Do you need an elevator speech when you're about to meet a roomful of new people? (Hint: maybe not). Why does networking matter and how can you get better at it? What is a "co-pilot" and how can they help you network? Our guest today, Bill Imad...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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15:26
Establishing Trust with your Mentor- Featuring Chris Piedmont, Award-winning Mentor
How do you establish trust with a mentor? How do you know when the chemistry is right? What steps can you take to benefit the most from your mentor? In this episode we hear answers to these questions and others from the inaugural recipient of t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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17:05
How to Improve Your Interviewing Skills
You've found your dream job. But only one obstacle remains...the dreaded interview. How do you nail it? What are the traps to avoid? How do you prepare? This episode focuses on Interviewing, a subject that should be of great interest to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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22:37
How Mentoring Matches are Made
This episode is unlike all the previous ones. Instead of focusing on just one mentor, or one mentee, we focus on one day, Wednesday, March 27. On that day, the Martin Center for Mentorship hosted a mentor-protege luncheon where members of our N...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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10:32
Distinguished Mentor Bill Heyman, Founder, Heyman Associates Shares Sage Advice
What does it take to be a successful mentor? What advice does an award-winning mentor have for students and recent graduates looking to benefit from a successful mentoring relationship? For answers, we turn to Bill Heyman, the founder of Heyman...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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13:56
How women and men view mentorships- Ann Barlow, Exec. V.P.- Ruder Finn
At the Martin Center, we’re studying the keys to successful mentorships. What we’re finding is that both the mentor and the mentee enter a mentoring relationship with certain expectations about what they hope to get out of the experience. Some ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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18:03
Hayes Roth, Branding Expert and Mentor Extraordinaire
In the last episode, you met Taylor Shawver, a highly successful leader who was one of the first Martin Scholars. This episode you meet one of her mentors, Hayes Roth. Among other accomplishments, the firm he founded ten years ago, HA Rot...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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22:41
Taylor Shawver, From Martin Scholar to Senior V.P. and Co-founder, Integral
In this episode, Taylor Shawver, a College of Charleston graduate, Class of 2017, discusses her role both as a member of the inaugural class of Martin Scholars in 2016-17, and now on the other side of the table as a mentor to current Martin Sch...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:57
Anthony DeSanti, Major League Sports Producer and Major League Mentor
Anthony "Tony" DeSanti has produced major league sports events for CBS, NBC, ESPN, Disney and the Big Ten Network. During his distinguished 30-year career he has covered the Olympics, the NFL, NCAA football and basketball, U.S. Open Tennis, Maj...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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16:25
Jacquie Dalton- From Trailblazing Jockey to CEO
She was a high school dropout with little prospects for the future when she began hanging around a horse racing track in New Jersey, mucking horse stables and hoping she might one day get to ride. Someone took a chance on her and she ended up w...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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25:07
How stand up comedy reshaped Steve Cody, Founder of Peppercomm
Steve Cody has made a name for himself and Peppercomm, the agency he founded, by using humor in clever and creative ways. Steve's journey--from his early days at Hill and Knowlton, to his decision to start his own agency, to later try his hand ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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24:49