prOfessiOnal deVelOpment Mentoring Conference Goes Global by nanCy tOtH APEGGA Manager Human Resources & Professional Development apeGGa’s fifth annual national mentoring Conference takes a global perspective, this year. We have two major goals for this ramped-up edition of our popular conference, which will be held at the Delta Airport Hotel in Calgary on Oct. 7 and 8. Firstly, we want to provide APEGGA mentors and other mentors with the best practices of mentoring groups in other parts of the world. Secondly, we want to acquaint APEGGA’s Mentoring Program with the global community of mentors. The ongoing goal, of course, is that APEGGA mentors be enriched by the networking opportunities of this two-day experience. The exchange of ideas with mentoring enthusiasts from other parts of the world is bound to be exciting. What follows are brief introductions to some of our high-profile presenters. dr. daVid ClutterBuCK “Mentoring is one of the most powerful resources for helping people achieve their potential. When it’s done well, it is an intensive learning opportunity for both mentors and mentees — indeed, if it’s not a mutual learning experience, it is only a shadow of what it could be.” These are the beliefs of David Clutterbuck, co-founder and currently the honorary vice-president of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. He is also a visiting professor at both Sheffield Hallam University and Oxford Brookes University. One of Europe’s most prolific and well-known management authors, Dr. Clutterbuck has written nearly 50 books on management themes. Of his 12 books on mentoring and coaching, the classic is Everyone Needs a Mentor. Dr. Clutterbuck told us: “Using your wisdom to help someone else develop their own wisdom is a rare and exhilarating privilege.” Dr. Clutterbuck will use that level of insight to open the APEGGA conference with his presentation, The Future of Mentoring. He continued: “Effective mentors soon learn that less is more: they talk less than they listen; they value their mentee’s experience and perspectives as much or more than their own; and they build bridges of understanding with other generations and/or cultures. When mentoring works well, it is a humbling yet exhilarating experience for both mentor and mentee.” DR. BELLE RAGINS DR. DAVID CLUTTERBUCK 40 | PEG april 2010