Mentoring Unlocked

About Mentoring Unlocked

What will make mentoring great? What will make it falter? What makes mentoring so critical in the world of work today? Which role has mentoring played in high-profile executives’ careers? Our host, Maud Lindley, an expert on coaching and leadership, is on the hunt to unlock the answers. Through honest and vulnerable conversations filled with a range of diverse guests all at the coal-face of modern leadership, the power of mentoring for mentors, mentees and organisations is explored and revealed. Drawing from the latest research to eye-opening personal stories to practical and effective strategies for building mentorship programs, Mentoring Unlocked will give you the inside scoop on all you need to know about successful mentoring. Genuine connection and real growth await in every episode of this enlightening podcast.

Publisher

MentorKey

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Oct 2024

Latest episode

27 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Aug 2026

   S3 Ep7 Blair Wark - CFO & COO for RBC Asia Pacific, and Chief Country Officer for Australia

   Maud Lindley speaks with Blair Wark, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for RBC Asia Pacific, and Chief Country Officer for Australia, about the career moves, mentors, and leadership lessons that have shaped over two decades in global banking. Blair reflects on the pivotal, often unplanned moments that shaped his path, from an unexpected start at Price Waterhouse to a sudden return home from New York, and the mentors, including his wife, who helped him navigate them. Blair also shares how leading a genuinely cognitively diverse team, spanning Sydney, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan, has shaped his approach to leadership. He explains why real value comes not just from cultural diversity, but from bringing together people with different life experiences and ways of thinking, and how trust is built by learning to draw out the best in every individual. The conversation explores what makes mentoring genuinely effective, from resisting the urge to give advice, to building confidence in others through thoughtful questions rather than answers. Blair also discusses how leaders can prepare their teams for the scale of change AI is bringing to the finance industry. A candid and practical conversation for mentors, mentees, and senior leaders navigating growth and change.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026

   S3 Ep6 - Mersina Mouhtaris, Managing Director, Head of Compliance Australia at RBC Capital Markets

   Maud Lindley speaks with Mersina Mouhtaris, Managing Director and Head of Compliance, Australia at RBC Capital Markets. Mersina reflects on the mentors, both formal and informal, who shaped her along the way, including a manager who helped her rethink perfectionism and taught her that not everyone needs to deliver at 110% to do great work. She shares how vulnerability, something that didn’t come naturally in a demanding, male-dominated industry, became one of her most powerful leadership tools. The conversation explores what effective mentoring really looks like in practice: understanding a mentee’s values, holding up a mirror rather than handing out answers, and creating the safety for people to reach their own realisations. Mersina also unpacks why authenticity is non-negotiable for the next generation of leaders, and why mentoring, at its core, comes down to one skill: listening. A candid, generous conversation for anyone building leadership capability, culture, or confidence in high-pressure environments.

3. 

   9 Jun 2026

   S3 Ep5 - Pip Murphy, Principal Consultant, Serendis Leadership

   What if the conflict your team is avoiding is actually the key to better decisions and stronger performance? In this conversation, Maud Lindley speaks with Pip Murphy, Principal Consultant at Serendis Leadership, about one of the most critical challenges in today’s workplace: how to navigate conflict and disagreement constructively. Drawing on her career across trading floors, top-tier consulting, and executive leadership, Pip reframes conflict not as a threat, but as a diversification of ideas. Just as portfolio diversification lowers financial risk, diversity of thought leads to better decisions. The challenge is that our human instincts work against us. Pip explores the fight, flight, and fawn responses that drive workplace conflict, from open aggression to invisible patterns like groupthink, white-anting, and political manoeuvring. She shares a practical framework for diagnosing the root cause of conflict and introduces the concept of above and below the line thinking to help leaders guide others through high-stakes conversations. For mentors, her advice is clear: pause, diagnose, and focus on the person in front of you, not the ghost of the difficult colleague. If your organisation is serious about performance, this conversation will change the way you think about disagreement.

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