Resources
We are the authors of leading books on mentoring and other resources to help you and your organization achieve mentoring excellence. In addition to our own works, we have a number of featured articles.
2024
Mentoring Excellence: How to Foster Inclusion by Jointly Bridging Differences (Leading Consciously | Ep. #144 May 2024)
https://www.leadingconsciously.com/blog/mentoring-excellence-how-foster-inclusion-jointly-bridging-differences-144
The Power of Mentorship: Fostering Growth and Leadership in Business (Podcast Show Doing Business with a Servants Heart | April 2024)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X8rFc6g9_U
2023
How to Create a Successful Mentoring Relationship (Idea Climbing Podcast with Mark Carter | October 2023)
https://www.markjcarter.com/2023/10/how-to-create-successful-mentoring-relationships-with-Lisa-Fain
Mentoring Matters: Expert Lisa Z. Fain Weighs In on Making it Work (The Grit Podcast Ep. 7 | January 2023)
https://www.thegritinstitute.com/podcasts
2022
The Right Mentor Can Change Your Career. Here’s How to Find One (NPR Life Kit | Updated | December 2022)
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/25/773158390/how-to-find-a-mentor-and-make-it-work
Building Inclusive Cultures Through Mentoring (Work from the Inside Out with Tammy Gooler Loeb | July 2022)
https://www.tammygoolerloeb.com/blog/building-inclusive-cultures-through-mentoring
What Mentorship Means (Culture Moments | March 2022)
https://languageandculture.com/culture-moments-podcast-what-mentorship-means/?fbclid=IwAR3rSAspunOO28bU8kCwLNl1BWbFMw4iJEf6R3D_9NBmjSK4rxicHvYenGQ
2021
The Ingredients of a Successful Mentoring Program (Get Unstuck and On Target with Mike O’Neill | December 2021)
https://bench-builders.com/podcast-episodes/64-lisa-fain/
We Mentor Mondays with Nancy Meyer (3 Episodes)
Episode 1: Mentoring Excellence featuring CME Founder, Lois Zachary (October 2021)
https://wementor.com/2021/10/18/mentoring-excellence-with-dr-lois-zachary/
Episode 2: Celebrating Mentoring Excellence featuring CME CEO, Lisa Fain (October 2021)
https://wementor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CelebratingMentoringExcellencewithLisaFain_Episode295.mp3
Episode 3: A Rare Look Inside Mother & Daughter Transition of Ownership featuring Lois Zachary & Lisa Fain (November 2021)
https://wementor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ARareLookInsideaMotherandDaugthersTransitionofOwnership-_Episode296.mp3
Keys to Finding, Cultivating, and Ending Mentor Relationships with Lisa Fain (When Science Speaks with Mark Bayer | September 2021)
https://whensciencespeaks.com/podcast/keys-to-finding-cultivating-and-ending-mentor-relationships-with-lisa-fain-jd/
The Happy Wardrobe: Erin Keam (April 2021)
https://anchor.fm/erin-keam/episodes/Lisa-Z-Fain-from-the-Center-for-Mentoring-Excellence-on-her-book-Bridging-Differences-for-Better-Mentoring-and-M-M-LaFleur-esul4p
Book Marketing Podcast: Becky Robinson (March 2021)
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Cultural Competency Enhancing Organizational Ownership of Diversity and Inclusion (David Worley: Groler Podcast | January 2021)
https://www.davidjworley.com/podcast/cultural-competency-in-diversity-initiatives
The Right Way to Find a Mentor (Libby’s Leadership Lab | January 2021)
https://libbygill.com/the-right-way-to-find-a-mentor/
2020
How We See a Future in Mentoring (Matt Burns Podcast: Thinking Inside the Box | December 2020)
https://lnns.co/StTdV9ZKb7Y
How Mentoring and DEI Intersect (Doing Good Business Podcast | December 2020)
http://doinggoodbusiness.com/shows/2020/12/7/lisa-fain-ceo-center-for-mentoring-excellence
Having a Mentor is More Important Than Ever (Seneca Women: Here’s Something Good Podcast | November 2020)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/having-a-mentor-is-more-important-than-ever/id1509573788?i=1000499348348
Mentoring Excellence with Lisa Z. Fain (Max Brown: Purpose and Principles Podcast | October 2020)
https://purposeandprinciples.world/purpose-principles-episode-33-lisa-fain-mentoring-excellence/
The Power of Cultural Competency with Lisa Fain and Bev Attfield (Learning To Go Podcast | September 2020)
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85ZjdhNmE4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/YTVhMjE3NmEtZTRkYy00Y2MzLWI0ZGItMjg4ZTZjN2M2YmZi?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjkaSqldrrAhUxgZ4KHTCtCWkQkfYCegQIARAF
How Mentoring Can Help Women With Self-Discovery & Creating Healthy Boundaries (Leadership Strategies for Women: Ellie Nieves | August 2020)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-mentoring-can-help-women-self-discovery-creating/id303791116?i=1000487558599
What Leaders Need to Know about Diversity + Inclusion (Intentional Living & Leadership: Cal Walters | July 2020)
https://calwalters.me/podcast-1?offset=1597138423206
Leaders Need Mentors (Breakfast Leadership with Michael Levitt | July 2020)
https://bfastleadership.podbean.com/e/interview-with-lisa-fain/
Mentorship vs Sponsorship: What’s the Difference and Why Do They Both Matter? (Culture Happens: Hubspot: Chris Miller and Sophie Hammersley | July 2020)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZZJofpFbOwkRNWCFIOEQS
How Mentoring Can Help Your Relaunch, and Beyond (Carol Fishman Cohen: The 3,2,1, iRelaunch Podcast | June 2020)
https://soundcloud.com/irelaunch-llc/ep-144-how-mentoring-can-help-your-relaunch-and-beyond-with-lisa-fain
Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring (George Maurer: The Leadership List | June 2020)
https://www.dvidshub.net/podcast/361/the-leadership-list
Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring (Kimberly Ficklin: Happy Healthy Workplace | June 2020)
https://podbay.fm/p/the-happy-healthy-workplace-podcast
Work from Your Happy Place with Guest Lisa Fain (Belinda Ellsworth: Work from Your Happy Place | May 2020)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lisa-fain-center-for-mentoring-excellence/id1098234424?i=1000473533368
Lisa Fain on Inclusion and Diversity (Chris Smit: Culture Matters | March 2020)
https://culturematters.com/135-lisa-fain-on-inclusion-and-diversity/
Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring (David Dye: Leadership Without Losing Your Soul | February 2020)
https://letsgrowleaders.com/2020/02/28/bridging-differences-for-better-mentoring-interview-with-lisa-fain/
Power of Appearance Made Easy (Karen Mathis | February 2020)
https://anchor.fm/powerofappearance/episodes/MEET-LISA-FAIN-eacikj
Mentoring As Part of Your Diversity & Inclusion Strategy, with Lisa Fain (Sara Taylor: What’s the Difference | March 2020)
https://whatsthedifferencepodcast.com/podcasts/lisa-fain-2/
Prior to 2020
The Two-Way Mentoring Relationship (deepSEE with Sara Taylor | March 2019)
https://whatsthedifferencepodcast.com/podcasts/lisa-fain/
Insight Junkie with Guest Lisa Fain Founder of Vista Coaching (Insight Junkie Podcast | October 2016)
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ben-greene/the-insight-junkie/e/ijp-28-founder-of-vista-coaching-lisa-fain-46757936
The Power of Cultural Competency (Margie Meacham: Learning To Go Podcast | July 2017)
https://youtu.be/1TlAPnoik7U?si=JbQJLnVBs2SXIhLz