O’Reilly Stewart Director, Imelda McMillan, spoke this week at a prominent Mentoring conference in Belfast.
The conference at Belfast City Hall, entitled ‘The Magic of Mentoring’, had been organised in response to a growing demand from local businesses and organisations for training and information on mentoring in Northern Ireland.
This the first time that Belfast has hosted such a conference which has been supported by the Law Society of Northern Ireland, Women in Business, Advance Coaching, O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors and Reed recruitment, who kindly sponsored the conference.
Those attending had the opportunity to hear from a number of keynote speakers including renowned international mentor and coaching expert Julie Starr, a widely-respected authority on coaching, mentoring and business development.
Other speakers from the public, private and charitable community sectors shared their insight and experiences of the successes of mentoring in their respective organisations.
The conference also provided a platform to allow attendees to share best practice and to further commit to growing the use of mentoring schemes by local businesses and organisations.
Commenting after the conference Julie Starr, Mentoring expert said: “I am so pleased to have had the opportunity to come to speak at this important conference in Belfast and to showcase the value of mentoring to local businesses and organisations”.