In this episode, ThinkLab interviews Dost Bardouille, Director of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility of Swinerton; and Nina Johnson, Senior Commercial Insights Manager at Armstrong Craven. They discuss the pitfalls of traditional mentorship and explore three additional solutions for career development and upskilling your talent in a modern era.   
 After listening, you will be able to: 

Identify a key shift impacting career development today 

Compare three new methods used for engagement 

Assess the D.E.I. benefits of champions 

Summarize the 7 considerations needed in designing a shadow board. 



In part one, we sit down with Dost Bardouille of Swinerton to evaluate the pitfalls of traditional career development and compare two new methods of connection: sponsorship and champions. And in part two, we sit down with Nina Johnson of Armstrong Craven to identify how implementing a shadow board, a tactic that major fashion house Gucci used, can provide employees with high level engagement and in turn prove long-term success for a company's growth. 

EPISODE EXTRA:  Want CEU credit for listening? Take the quiz and earn your certificate of completion.  
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Step 1: Listen to the episode.  
Step 2: Visit this link to take a short, 5-question quiz.  
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Step 3: Upon passing the quiz, receive your certificate of completion from CEU provider Teknion. 
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Nina Johnson 
Dost Bardouille 

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