ESG “ WE GET THE YOUNG PERSON TO COACH THE PROFESSIONAL ON WHAT THEIR CHALLENGE IS AND THE PROFESSIONAL HAS TO BE VULNERABLE AND OPEN ”
CHARLIE STAINFORTH CO-FOUNDER AND CEO , CIRCL both professionals and young individuals , in preparation for — or the early stages of — their careers , to learn from each other and leverage their perspective differences .
“ We get the young person to coach the professional on what their challenge is and the professional has to be vulnerable and open , which is a core skill of being inclusive . By saying my challenge right now is that I ' ve got a big issue with my boss and I ’ d love to have some coaching from you 18-year old , young future leader on how to deal with that ’. And that young person doesn ’ t need to have any experience of dealing with a difficult boss , but they can use the skills they ’ ve just learned as an equal on the programme to coach that manager on the challenge . Then they switch roles and the manager coaches the young person on their challenge ,” Stainforth says .
Patel say , “ It really shifts your perspective . It opens your mind about the capabilities of people younger than you about the capabilities of people from all these different backgrounds .”
“ When you are coaching this young person through their challenge , you are then getting another perspective shift in terms of people are being moved out of their lived experience into those of individuals from underrepresented backgrounds . You ' re suddenly getting an insight into a world that you ’ re never normally exposed to .”
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