Unleashing the Power of Intelligent Mentoring

Many organizations engage in a variety of different mentoring efforts but few are able to unleash the power of mentoring and demonstrate its impact on key outcomes. However, intelligent mentoring focuses on linking mentoring efforts to strategic objectives within the organization and understanding how to capture their impact.

In this one-hour webinar, University of Pittsburgh Associate Dean Murrell will share her insight in working with organizations on how to effectively develop, position, design, and evaluate mentoring programs. She will give a special focus to mentoring that helps leadership development in the organization.

Audrey J. Murrell conducts research, teaches, and works with organizations on strategies to enhance overall effectiveness by utilizing their most valuable assets--their human and social capital. She conducts extensive research on building capacity of people and outcomes at work with a special emphasis on enhancing outcomes for women. This includes topics such as mentoring, breaking the "glass ceiling", diversity, and workplace discrimination. Her work has been published widely in management and psychology journals as well as book chapter and special issues. Popular media—including The Wall Street Journal, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Pittsburgh Business Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Black Enterprise, Jet Magazine, and Vida Executive (in Brazil)—has also highlighted Murrell's work. 

Professor Murrell is an associate professor business administration and holds secondary appointments in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Pitt’s Psychology Department. She was appointed as the Director for the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership within Pitt Business in 2007. Dr. Murrell received her BS from Howard University, magna cum laud in 1983 and a MS in 1985, and a PhD in 1987 from the University of Delaware. She serves as a consultant in the areas of mentoring, organizational effectiveness, teamwork, diversity, and leadership development.