Stephen Bird was reverse-mentored in the concept of white privilege after he felt he wasn’t getting the point of the topic. The best way Bird could think of to learn the topic was to go back to what reverse mentoring had taught him.

Reverse mentoring is used to help leaders learn from their growth and development and that of their teams. This is a process where the leader takes the team’s picture and makes it happen. Then lessons are learned about building trust, relationships, and, more importantly, learning from each other’s experiences.

By learning from the reverse mentoring of other people of different races, Bird could understand concepts more effectively and improve his work. He said: Reverse mentorship powerfully connects people you might never have thought to meet before. And it’s especially great for people who want to build their own business.

How does a small business owner’s reverse mentoring experience stack up against the advice in books, articles, and training courses? It helps to feel better about yourself when you’re helping someone else. And when you see people overcoming challenges and building their future with the help of others, you feel better too.

“I learned from reverse mentoring that it’s important to not show feelings in your interactions,” Bird says. He says that while reverse mentoring may have seemed like a less effective way for him to deal with these situations, the lesson learned was that he could no longer be content with the way things were and needed to consider himself more when it came to dealing with privilege.

Abrdn CEO Stephen Bird learned from reverse mentoring that white people have some rights, but those rights are different than those of black people. He says that the reverse mentoring made him realize that he had some rights because he was the one who brought them to be considered.

Abrdn CEO: Reverse mentoring includes learning from past successes and failures and sharing his knowledge with employees. The process begins with the employee teaching the CEO a task or project that is important to complete. The task may be necessary for the company or a reminder of how much they suck at it.

Bird says that reverse mentoring has helped him as a CEO by showing him how to manage and appreciate white privilege. More to read on Financial Times