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Lisa Fain

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Lisa Fain is Center for Mentoring Excellence’s CEO, and an expert in the intersection of cultural competency and mentoring. Her passion for diversity and inclusion work fuels her strong conviction that leveraging differences creates a better workplace and drives better business results.

Lisa brings her energy, enthusiasm, and engagement to any group, facilitating lively workshops and training and delivering interactive speeches with practical steps that can be implemented right away.

For almost a decade, Lisa practiced law in the Chicago office of a major multinational law firm, where she counseled employers on creating inclusive policies and practices. While in that role, she served as a Master Trainer who directed thousands of employees at
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“Becoming more self-aware is the necessary first step to bridging differences. Without it, you will not be able to identify or understand when you encounter differences that matter.”
Lisa Fain, Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Lean Forward, Learn, Leverage

“Mentoring is a critical part of personal growth and development and affords a lifetime of opportunity to grow and develop.”
Lisa Fain, Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Lean Forward, Learn, Leverage

“When we understand and appreciate the differences between us, we can leverage them to improve our conversations, deepen our learning, and spur creative thinking.”
Lisa Fain, Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Lean Forward, Learn, Leverage

“To realize value, mentoring partners must create relationships where both mentor and mentee can show up fully and authentically.”
Lisa Fain, The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships

“An effective mentoring relationship requires that each partner understand something about the other person’s generational context and yet not make “generationalizations.”
Lisa Fain, The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships

“Self-awareness— understanding our own motivations, our strengths and challenges—is the key to getting ready to mentor.”
Lisa Fain, The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships

“When we fail to differentiate between self and other in a mentoring relationship, we run the risk of projecting our own lived experience onto our mentee.”
Lisa Fain, The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships

“Building a bridge requires the help of other people. It is an active process involving connections, bonding, and collaboration; working together, we build a newer and richer mutual understanding.”
Lisa Fain, Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Lean Forward, Learn, Leverage

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