Mentorship should be a two-way street, according to board member Barbara Adachi, NACD.DC.

Adachi, Lori N. Mackenzie, and Raquel Suarez discuss the role of mentorship in the boardroom, including what defines an effective mentor-mentee relationship, whether and how to formalize mentorship programs, and how mentees, mentors, and the board can benefit from the engagement.

Host: Raquel Suarez, NACD senior manager of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Guests: Barbara Adachi, board member at Atlas Technology Solutions, Old Republic International Corp., and VSP Vision; Lori Mackenzie, cofounder of the VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab at Stanford University and advisor to August Public

NACD Resources:

• Board Mentorship Program Guidelines Sample
• NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report, Culture as the Foundation: Building a High-Performance Board

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