Building and maintaining a long distance Mentor/Mentee relationship
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Margaret (mentor) and Nicolene (mentee) have participated in a long-distance mentoring relationship for the past 2 years after being paired through the BCI Mentoring. We will share the success we have had between the USA and South Africa.
Finding a good mentor-mentee match is not always quite as simple. If you are fortunate enough to find a good match with a business continuity professional, hold on to it, even if you are challenged by geographical distance.
Engaging in mentoring from a distance can lead to phenomenal opportunities. Modern technology advances at breathtaking speed, but the core principles of mentoring remain the same – no matter which format it takes. To get the most benefit, each of us have been willing to invest time, energy, and commitment.
Come join us to learn how we get to catch up and see our relationship developing, the dividends are noticeable. It is an accomplishment to complete a mentoring task(s), but it is a bigger feat to do this from over 7,000 miles away.
Speakers:
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Nicolene Olivier
Business Continuity Management Specialist
Nicolene is an experienced Business Continuity Management Specialist with more than five years’ experience in developing, maintaining and auditing business continuity management programs for clients and within her own organisation. She is the winner of the BCI Continuity & Resilience Newcomer Africa award in 2020 and has been shortlisted this year for the BCI Continuity & Resilience Professional (Private) Africa award.
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Margaret J. Millett
Margaret J. Millett, MsBC, FBCI (Hon), MBCP has been actively involved in the business continuity field for 30 years. She is the recipient of the 2023 Business Continuity Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. She has worked for IT and Financial Services Fortune 300 companies in Ireland and the United States. Margaret has held board levels positions with business continuity organizations, written publications and spoken at conferences in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Affiliations include Disaster Recovery Journal Executive Council, Diplomatic Courier Brain Trust Advisor, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, iluminr Customer Advisory Board, The Business Continuity Institute, Continuity Insights (CI) Editorial Advisory Board, The Resilience Think Tank, Founding Members, Association of Contingency Planners. Disaster Recovery Institute International, Advanced Caliber, North Carolina Symphony Digital Committee, and Alzheimer’s Association of Eastern North Carolina Board Chair.
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