How to Be Awesome at Your Job

964: How to Accelerate Your Career through Mentorship with Janice Omadeke

May 23, 2024

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Serial entrepreneur Janice Omadeke shares valuable insights on building career-shaping mentor relationships, the impact of mentorship on career progression, finding the best mentors, and creating transformative mentor-mentee relationships. Learn about leveraging mentorship for career acceleration and the pivotal role of mentorship in driving personal and team success. Explore practical strategies for finding mentors, embracing uniqueness, setting goals, and seeking mentorship for career growth.

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Quick takeaways

Mentorship accelerates career progression significantly, benefiting both mentees and mentors.

The transformative power of mentorship lies in overcoming self-doubt and seeking specific, actionable guidance.

Building a successful mentor-mentee relationship requires proactive engagement, clear communication, and mutual growth.

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Mentorship: A Two-Way Street for Career Growth

Mentorship is highlighted as a key factor for career advancement, with statistics suggesting that mentored individuals are promoted five times faster. The benefits extend to mentors as well, who have the potential to be promoted six times faster. Janice Omidekke, former CEO of the Mentor Method, stresses the importance of viewing mentorship as a reciprocal conversation where both parties gain valuable insights.

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Introduction

2min

Exploring the Impact of Mentorship with a Touching Memory

3min

Navigating Toxic Work Environments

20min

Effective Strategies for Finding Mentors

19min

Sponsorship Mentions and Inspirational Quotes

2min

Exploring AI's Impact on Diversity in HR

2min

Embracing Uniqueness, Productivity Tips, and Favorite Books

2min

Importance of Setting Goals, Identifying Inner Saboteurs, and Seeking Mentorship for Career Growth

3min

Janice Omadeke shares her tips for building the career-shaping mentor relationships that can dramatically speed up your career progression.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Just how big a difference mentorship makes in your career

2) The trick to finding the best mentors

3) How to build a transformational mentor-mentee relationship

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— ABOUT JANICE —

Janice Omadeke is a pioneering serial entrepreneur who made a life-altering decision when she transitioned from her role as a corporate graphic designer to embark on a journey into startup life. Omadeke earned recognition as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Women of Influence in 2022. Her voice and commitment to mentorship and entrepreneurship can be found in publications such as Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, The Austin Business Journal, Black Enterprise, and Inc. Alongside her entrepreneurial expertise, she holds a PMP certification and has received a certification in Entrepreneurship from MIT.

Omadeke is the former CEO and founder of The Mentor Method, an enterprise software designed to drive transformative change within company cultures through the power of mentorship. Guided by her belief in data-driven decision-making as a cornerstone for strategy, innovation, and cultural transformation, she has honed this model through over a decade of leadership experience within Fortune 500 companies. Her roster of influential clients includes Amazon and the U.S. Department of Education.

With a unique blend of directness and compassion, Omadeke is dedicated to making a positive impact. Her approach is both strategic and heartfelt, always driven by a deep sense of intention. Beyond her professional pursuits, you can find Janice cooking, reading, taking on a self-development project, or a combination of the three.

• Book: Mentorship Unlocked: The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success

• Instagram: @janiceomadeke

• LinkedIn: Janice Omadeke

• Website: JaniceOmadeke.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World by Rand Fishkin

• Book: Masters of Scale: Surprising Truths from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs by Reid Hoffman

• Book: The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale

• Forbes Article: How Becoming A Mentor Can Boost Your Career

• Guider: Mentoring Statistics: The Research You Need to Know in 2024

• Sun Microsystems Study

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —