Patrice Gordon on Why Reverse Mentoring Must be Scary to Work

Patrice Gordon is a reverse mentoring guru, whose efforts to build an inclusive environment at Virgin Atlantic have been recognised by her boss Richard Branson, and internationally by the TED Talk leadership community. 

In this episode, Newton co-founder Andy Hawes sits down with Patrice to talk about what it takes to excel at reverse mentoring. 

How can Andy, who found the process both illuminating and challenging, ensure that reverse mentoring is truly successful? What does ‘good’ really look like? Should the experience, as Andy asks, be scary to actually work? And, ultimately, does the success of reverse mentoring lie in how vulnerable leaders allow themselves to be?

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Newton Talks is a Scenery Studios production, produced by Lina Prestwood, Phil Sansom and Kate McCall. 

Executive Producers for Newton are Kerry Harris and Michelle Bosa-Edwards. 

Original music composed by Tristan Cassel-Delavois and original artwork by YaYa Design. 

Original concept by Fanclub PR.