Mentoring Future Leaders: Developing Talent in Times of Rapid Change

A former Executive Director of Nord Anglia Education, a leading international education organisation, Brian Cooklin has a career of decades spanning leadership roles in education and business across three continents.

Following his Masters degree in History and English from the University of Glasgow, as well as teacher training and education qualifications, he started his career as an English teacher in Scotland.

Headships and School Principal roles in Scotland, Mexico and Hong Kong ensued. This success led to him managing groups of schools and Regional teams in India and Europe before his Executive Director role, integrating new schools globally.

Mentoring is a passion of his, supporting and encouraging leadership teams and businesses around the world.

Session Description

As organisations face rapid technological change, shifting workforce expectations and increasing leadership challenges, mentoring is becoming a critical tool for developing future leaders. This webinar explores how mentoring can strengthen leadership pipelines, support emerging leaders through transition and build resilience, confidence and adaptability. Participants will also examine how mentoring can prepare leaders for AI-enabled workplaces and improve succession planning and retention.

What Participants Will Gain

• A clearer understanding of how mentoring strengthens leadership pipelines
• Strategies for supporting first-time leaders and succession planning
• Techniques to help mentees build resilience, confidence and adaptability
• Insight into mentoring younger generations with different workplace expectations
• Practical ways to prepare leaders for AI-driven and digitally transformed workplaces
• Ideas for embedding mentoring into talent retention strategies

Practical outcome: Participants should be able to use mentoring more intentionally as a leadership development tool rather than a standalone HR initiative.