What Fifty Years of Mentoring—and the Research—Agree On

What Fifty Years of Mentoring—and the Research—Agree On

by | Jul 16, 2026 | Building strengths, business people, Coaching leadership, Educators, Employers, Mentoring Matters, Mentors, Mentorship, Relationships, Social workers, teachers

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” That well-known saying has been repeated so often that it risks becoming a cliché. However, after nearly fifty years in education and mentoring, I have found it to be remarkably...
Are We Fixing the Right Thing? Why Belonging May Be The Missing Foundation In Aotearoa New Zealand’s Schools

Are We Fixing the Right Thing? Why Belonging May Be The Missing Foundation In Aotearoa New Zealand’s Schools

by | Jul 4, 2026 | business people, coaching leaders, Educators, Employers, Mentoring Matters, Mentors, Mentorship, Parents, Relationships, Social workers, youth mentoring

Every few years we rewrite the curriculum, yet New Zealand continues to rank among the highest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for school bullying, while too many of our young people struggle with loneliness, anxiety and...