# mentorship
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34:08Advice for 25-year-old Al and spidey sensesAl Elliott: Let me get some advice from Steve. So 25-year-old Al, God, almost 25 years ago, 25-year-old Al had a company which delivered beer to students late at night. And this was like way before Uber, way before anythEP 275 · 12 Feb 2026·interview· 34:08–43:0241:38Mean Uncle Al: the honest conversation about business viabilityAl Elliott: Okay. So you're now going to meet for the second or third time only, mean Uncle Al, because I am going to be mean to you and say, it is not your business to enjoy your business for the, till you get to 100 grEP 259 · 18 Dec 2025·interview· 41:38–52:497:50The mentors who shaped Garry's leadershipAl Elliott: Is there someone who you looked up to when you were younger as maybe a mentor? Garry Ridge: Well, I think there's not just one person. As I write in the book, there were a number of people as I grew up in AusEP 251 · 20 Nov 2025·interview· 7:50–11:1437:52The power of reverse mentoringAl Elliott: You talked in your book about reverse mentoring. Um, so was that kind of, was there a symbiotic relationship between you and was it Debbie, you said? Isabel Berwick: Oh, I very much doubt it. I really like reEP 235 · 25 Sept 2025·interview· 37:52–41:146:42The advice that changed Amy's career trajectoryAl Elliott: I have a note down here that there was a particular point that kind of changed the career trajectory for you. Is that something you feel like you could talk to, talk about? Amy Bouque: I would love to. And I'EP 233 · 18 Sept 2025·interview· 6:42–11:5249:08Female managers refusing to meet male menteesAl Elliott: This last one I've got here is, and it's an interesting one, a female manager won't meet male mentees. And I'm, and just to understand, I think mentees is a mentorship situation where it's The person, so thisEP 175 · 27 Feb 2025·interview· 49:08–52:3236:15Workplace Surgery: giving feedback to a more experienced team memberAl Elliott: Are you ready? Leanne Elliott: Yes Al Elliott: So this person writes, I've just started a new managerial role and I'm facing a bit of a challenge. One of my team members is much older than me and way more expEP 126 · 10 Sept 2024·workplace surgery· 36:15–41:5030:14The team behind the superstarJon Smith: And I had a wonderful, wonderful man called Greg Clough in my life, who sadly is no longer with us. And he was my COO, and he was on my right shoulder and my left shoulder. And I was like a big elephant, just EP 91 · 18 Apr 2024·interview· 30:14–32:3370:28Final advice and takeawaysAl Elliott: I would say find a mentor as soon as possible. Find someone in your organization, female, if you're a female, another female who you trust, respect, and you want to learn from, and start now. Invite them to cEP 32 · 29 Mar 2023·other· 70:28–73:3422:59John — the mentor who changed everythingAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: So, yeah, I went back the next day and I told John this with the MD. And this wasn't the answer they expected. I think they expected me to go back to being a coach. I kind of held my grouEP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 22:59–29:37
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