Delivering Innovation

Leadership mentoring isn’t just for the benefit of employees – it can help your company achieve business goals as well. 87% of Millennials rate professional career growth and development opportunities as important to them in a job. Given this, mentoring can help attract high-quality candidates into your talent pipeline. It’s also a great way to nurture the high-potential employees already at your organization.

Leadership mentoring has also been shown to improve retention rates and job satisfaction. 91% of individuals with a mentor report being satisfied with their job, and managers are less likely to leave their organizations when their needs for formal development through training, mentoring, and coaching are being met.

Darlene Minatel, the Country Manager of ManpowerGroup Canada, believes that coaching, mentoring, and supporting team members – while giving them space to spread their wings and grow professionally – are central to empowering tomorrow’s great leaders. "It's healthy to create a culture where mistakes are okay. What’s important is to encourage growth by learning from those mistakes,” she explains. "To inspire team members and future leaders, I model and foster a workplace culture of excellence, growth, and success. To do this, I believe it's essential to celebrate aspiring leaders' and team members' successes, both large and small."

For the pioneering leader, success is not a final destination. Instead, she sees it as an ongoing journey toward continual growth and improvement for herself and ManpowerGroup. While Darlene has had many personal and professional successes along the way, she is constantly redefining what success is and moving toward that.

Darlene's personal and professional journey has taught her that tenacity and hard work pay off. As a leader, she’s also learned how to recognize the talent around her and coach them toward business objectives and their professional goals. For Darlene, “this is crucial for the success of any organization – when leaders can recognize top talent with the competencies and cultural fit the business needs.” "As a female leader, I've found that women's voices can sometimes get drowned out. Therefore, I learned how to make my voice heard while collaborating effectively with and learning from great minds," she says. "I feel grateful that ManpowerGroup supports female leadership and has allowed me to lead, express myself, grow, and pursue my passion for business."

Throughout Darlene's time at ManpowerGroup, three qualities have guided her approach to leadership, allowing her and her teams to drive substantial impacts on the business.

• Maintaining clarity to ensure alignment, direction, and consistent execution across teams and owing clarity to team members, enabling them to do their best work.

• Having a growth mindset to take advantage of every opportunity to propel the company's growth.

• Leading with care for team members while driving inclusive practices and a culture of DEI&B. Culture matters to the health and success of any organization. Ensuring cultural alignment and fostering an inclusive culture creates an environment where team members can thrive for themselves and the business's good.

With this brilliant mindset, Darlene has led the company to new heights. ManpowerGroup's vision is to "lead in the creation and delivery of innovative workforce solutions and services that enable clients to win in the changing world of work." To that end, Darlene ensures her teams fully align with that client-centered mission. "All our strategies and services attempt to understand client challenges and needs, align our services with clients' requirements, and support innovation for our customers' ongoing success in the market," adds Darlene. "Our most significant achievements are twofold: 1) achieving record-breaking growth and 2) developing a strong team of top talent for ManpowerGroup's current and future success." Even though the company is achieving profitable revenue growth and developing robust talent pipelines for the business, these will always be critical focuses and ongoing goals for ManpowerGroup.

The future is bright for Darlene and ManpowerGroup. "One of the great benefits of working for a company that values growth is the numerous opportunities for professional growth for all employees, including myself," states Darlene. "Professional journeys are never complete, and there is always something new on the horizon for ManpowerGroup. I look forward to continuing my journey with ManpowerGroup as we work to drive growth and develop top talent."