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Roy Group's Research Paper: Making Sense of Mentorship - Sep 2025
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Making Sense of Mentorship

- I thought writing Quiet Champions would be about telling my own stories. But the real gold wasn’t in my experiences—it was in everyone else’s.   “The truth is in our stories.” —David Snowden   ***   I’m…
The Blog Takeover...sometimes a Chief of Staff must step in
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The Blog Takeover…sometimes a Chief of Staff must step in

They say that when people spend enough time together, they start to resemble each other. While Chiz and I may share a similar flair for fashion, I can say with certainty that—even after 15 years of knowing each other and 5 years of near-daily…
Quiet Champions: a way forward for mentors in turbulent times
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Sometimes the HOW is a WHO.

Twenty-five years ago, Anne-Marie and I were in the final few weeks leading up to the opening of the Columba 1400 Leadership Centre on the Isle of Skye. The contractor was keen to finish the Centre and have us sign off that it was complete. With…
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Right Person, Right Time.

One of the themes that emerged loud and clear in our Sensemaker research project on mentorship is the importance of timing. The right mentors seem to come out of the woodwork at exactly the right time. When we need them, they show up.  This…
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Fogo Island – community rooted in place

Photo by Iain Duncan   I have a special assignment coming up on Tuesday. As part of the Rising Economy Conference hosted by the South Island Prosperity Partnership, we have invited Zita Cobb to headline the gathering. You have…
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The Leadership That Might Be Ours

The New Year has certainly shone its spotlight on positions of leadership – the concept is centre stage and drawing our attention. Leaders stepping down. Leaders stepping into the vacuum left behind. Promises of a good future if we follow…
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Chiz’s Writing Journey: Decisions, Doubts, and the Heartbeat of Mentorship

  Three years ago, I declared to the world that I was writing a book. So, I started writing. But back then I had no idea how multifaceted a book project is. How much time it demands. How much emotion it unearths. How many decisions…
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Ten Takeaways From 2022

Well, we’re still standing! Wasn’t easy. (Pretty sure easy is long gone in that rearview mirror.) A few of us at Roy Group dug deep as the year drew to a close, asking ourselves what the most impactful learnings were over the last 12 months.…
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Your Top 7 Questions Answered About Team Retreats

Your life is a spinning circus. The bank website wouldn’t let you log in this morning, you lost an hour on the phone troubleshooting the new CRM, and a colleague from way back emailed to say they just saw your teenager on YouTube streaming…

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