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Empowering transitions: Mentoring with BetterUp and the Invictus Games | Mentoring series one, part four
Damian Vaughan, Mickaela Richards and Heidi Thomas explore how BetterUp and The Invictus Games Foundation have partnered to support recovery for individuals within the international Wounded, Injured or Sick (WIS) service community 365 Days a year and beyond the Games through mentoring. The key message being, you don't recover, you are always in recovery.
We discuss the powerful impact mentoring has on supporting individuals through life transitions, as well as fascinating stories about how mentoring has transformed lives.
Damian Vaughan leads program development at BetterUp with an eye for hitting on the inner work that it takes to aspire beyond one’s own limitations and, with grit and resolve, to achieve success. Damian’s deeply credentialed experience in positive developmental psychology, secured after an NFL career, has afforded him the opportunity to coach and consult for global companies and elite athletes.
Damian founded the Vaughn Center to develop leadership and positive social impact of executives, business owners, and athletes. Prior to BetterUp, he worked as SVP, human resources, at HBO Latin America, and as Director of Organization Development at 21st Century Fox. He is also a Clinical Professor at the University of Oregon.
Damian has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in positive developmental psychology from Claremont Graduate University.
Mickaela Richards saw service on HMS Portland and HMS Bulwark conducting anti-narcotics and anti-piracy operations. In 2011 Mickaela was involved in a car accident and was rehabilitated at Headley Court and Hasler Company.
She competed in the Invictus Games London 2014, winning two gold and one silver medal. After competing, she wanted to give back to the community and joined the Foundation and built our 'Beyond the Games' Programme now serving as our Grants and Programmes Director.
Heidi Thomas holds a Masters in Coaching and Mentoring and is an EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner Coach and Mentor. Her background spans over 20 years within global talent acquisition, business growth and coaching. Heidi is passionate about supporting human development and bringing opportunities where some may not previously have thought possible. Her award-winning research on the experience of mentoring for low-income single mothers found a clear need for greater supervision and ethics within mentoring and is an ardent supporter of peer-to-peer mentoring as a means to uplifting and developing vulnerable populations.
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By EMCC UKDamian Vaughan, Mickaela Richards and Heidi Thomas explore how BetterUp and The Invictus Games Foundation have partnered to support recovery for individuals within the international Wounded, Injured or Sick (WIS) service community 365 Days a year and beyond the Games through mentoring. The key message being, you don't recover, you are always in recovery.
We discuss the powerful impact mentoring has on supporting individuals through life transitions, as well as fascinating stories about how mentoring has transformed lives.
Damian Vaughan leads program development at BetterUp with an eye for hitting on the inner work that it takes to aspire beyond one’s own limitations and, with grit and resolve, to achieve success. Damian’s deeply credentialed experience in positive developmental psychology, secured after an NFL career, has afforded him the opportunity to coach and consult for global companies and elite athletes.
Damian founded the Vaughn Center to develop leadership and positive social impact of executives, business owners, and athletes. Prior to BetterUp, he worked as SVP, human resources, at HBO Latin America, and as Director of Organization Development at 21st Century Fox. He is also a Clinical Professor at the University of Oregon.
Damian has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in positive developmental psychology from Claremont Graduate University.
Mickaela Richards saw service on HMS Portland and HMS Bulwark conducting anti-narcotics and anti-piracy operations. In 2011 Mickaela was involved in a car accident and was rehabilitated at Headley Court and Hasler Company.
She competed in the Invictus Games London 2014, winning two gold and one silver medal. After competing, she wanted to give back to the community and joined the Foundation and built our 'Beyond the Games' Programme now serving as our Grants and Programmes Director.
Heidi Thomas holds a Masters in Coaching and Mentoring and is an EMCC EIA Senior Practitioner Coach and Mentor. Her background spans over 20 years within global talent acquisition, business growth and coaching. Heidi is passionate about supporting human development and bringing opportunities where some may not previously have thought possible. Her award-winning research on the experience of mentoring for low-income single mothers found a clear need for greater supervision and ethics within mentoring and is an ardent supporter of peer-to-peer mentoring as a means to uplifting and developing vulnerable populations.