Reverse Mentorship: Why Best Bosses are Taking Notes from the Juniors

Speakers

Aditya Narayan Mishra
Managing Director and CEO
CIEL HR
CIEL HR

Neharika Vohra
Professor, Organizational Behaviour Area
Indian Institute of Management
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad

Stacy Johnson MBE
Professor of Critical Inclusive Leadership, University of Nottingham
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, The Reverse Mentoring Practice
Moderator

Shiv Kumar
Head HR
Merck India
Merck India
The session will explore
What makes reverse mentorship succeed beyond symbolic pairings?
How can senior leaders listen actively without feeling like they’re giving up control?
What are younger employees trying to tell us—and are we making space to truly hear them?
Can reverse mentorship evolve from a cultural initiative to a leadership imperative?