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2019/2020 Women in Wind
Global Leadership Program
Kick-Off Webinar
May 2019
Leading Partner
Supporting Partners
Presented by: GWNET and GWEC
Introduction
Timeline
Mentorship
Programming
Communications
Q&A
Structure
• A big congratulations to our selected participants and thank you to our
mentors and Partners!
• Program visiono Empower women in the energy sector in order to increase women
representation at managerial & decision making levels
o Develop concrete career goals and implementation plan
o Facilitate novel ideas & encouraging female entrepreneurs
o Boost personal confidence
o Prepare next generation women leaders
o Networking opportunities
o Foster social change, energy transition & climate action
• Brief background on GWEC and GWNET
Introduction
• Represents the entire wind energy sector, with members representing
more than 1,500 companies, organisations and institutions in over 80
countries, including manufacturers, developers, component suppliers,
research institutes, national wind and renewables associations,
electricity providers, finance and insurance companies.
• Intelligenceo Market intelligence, policy analysis, technical expertise
• Advocacy• Communicating the benefits of wind power
• Collaboration• Sharing best practices and connecting stakeholders
About GWEC https://gwec.net/
GWEC Members and Associations
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Associations
C1, C2, and C3 Members
CO Members
• GWNET aims to advance the global energy transition by
connecting and empowering women working in sustainable energy
in both developed and emerging/developing countries.
• Networkingo Connecting women
• Advocacyo Generating and sharing information
• Serviceso Mentoring, coaching & training, projects
About GWNET http://www.globalwomennet.org/
GWNET Strategic Partners
Introduction
Timeline
Mentorship
Programming
Communications
Q&A
Structure
2019 April May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
MentorshipProgram
Monthly virtual
interactions
Learning & Development
Knowledge transfer
webinars
Visit to Europe
“Inspiring Change“
Storytelling
Spotlight interviews
/ Partner content
Social media
Achievement
Ceremony
Campus
Tour
Frequent blog posts on GWEC website
Social media campaigns, #womeninwind (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube)
Kick-Off
Kick-Off Webinar
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Selection
Webinar 1
Webinar 2
Webinar 3
Webinar 4
Webinar 5
Diversity Assessment
Participant Action Steps
• Campus tour in Europe in the fall• Tentative dates: Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October, 2019
• Visits will be arranged, likely to UK and Germany
• Achievement ceremony • Tentative dates: Friday 10 January – Sunday 12 January, 2020
• Visit will be arranged, likely to Abu Dhabi and Masdar City
• Please email [email protected] if there are any foreseeable
conflicts regarding travel / visas.
Timeline: Key Dates
Introduction
Timeline
Mentorship
Programming
Communications
Q&A
Structure
• Mentees o Junior & middle management positions
o Global representation
• Mentorso Professional spectrum: executives, industry leaders, seasoned professionals and
eminent experts
o Global representation
Mentorship: Mentoring Tandem
Mentorship: BenefitsMentees
Gaining experience from seasoned professionals
Enhancing strengths, overcoming weaknesses
Concrete goals & career-enhancing activities
Personal development: potentials, competencies, values
Innovative ideas & strategic thinking
Mentors
Insights into other fields and younger generation issues
Conscious reflection about one's own career
Facilitating growth of young talents
Encouraging women in the workforce
Knowledge transfer and reputation as a mentor
• Discuss personal & professional experiences
• Make relevant contacts, enhance networks and get recommendations
• Access to research, data and publications; including new information
channels, and Information about key events
• Discuss concrete projects goals - tactics and strategies
• Develop and promote competencies
• Reflect on your own career path
• Other areas outlined by tandem
Mentorship: Catalogue of Possibilities
• Designed to encourage consistency and continuity of growth
• Series of monthly topics with thought-provoking questions, which can be
used as overarching guidelines for conversations
• Discretion on how much time to dedicate to topics is left up to the pair
• A “Spark” or wildcard prompt is included each month as an ice-breaker
• Please review the best practices in the Roadmap document
Mentorship: Roadmap A Mentorship Roadmap is provided
in the kick-off package
• Duly signed mentoring agreement o Completed and signed by mentor and mentee
o Stays with mentor & mentee
o Once signed please inform the GWNET Secretariat accordingly(no need to
share the signed agreement)
• Productive interaction - scheduled dates - specific time frame o Minimum of one monthly meeting
o Average 1 – 1,5 hours per month
• Meeting format is the decision of the tandemso Recommendation: one personal meeting (if feasible)
• Shared contacts and networking opportunities
Mentorship: Framework Conditions A Mentorship Agreement is provided in the kick-off package
• Voluntary
• Openness and confidentiality
• Commitment to mentor - mentee agreement
• Respect agreed schedule and other mentoring arrangements
Mentorship: Code of Conduct
• Time and commitment
• Clarity about goals
• Appreciative working relationship
• Diverse work programme
Mentorship: Success Factors
• Therapy replacement
• Pure career advice or planning
• Platform for private problems
• Vertical: classical teacher – student relations
• Reference “Excluded Topics” in Mentorship Agreement in instances
where mentor and mentee work for competing companies
Mentorship: What Mentoring Should Not Be
Introduction
Timeline
Mentorship
Programming
Communications
Q&A
Structure
• Exclusive “closed-door panels” with female domain experts in the sectoro Knowledge acquisition
o Network-building and communication skills
• Five webinars will be held from June to December 2019o One hour in length, likely held on a weekday morning (CET)
• Topics will cover:
1. Engineering and Technological Innovation
2. Offshore Wind
3. Women and Work-Life Balance
4. Project Management / Financing
5. Market Intelligence, Business Development and Personal Branding
Programming: Knowledge-Transfer Webinars
• Mission statement to increase gender diversity and drive equality and women empowerment → how to effect meaningful, positive change?
• A framework to achieve small-scale diversity-positive step changes
within the sector, as well as widescale promotion of gender diversity
• Participant Actions o Diversity Assessment – informal survey about diversity profile of your
organization, which does not need to be shared with the program
o Action Steps – three small-scale actions to increase gender diversity and
inclusivity in your environments by January 2020
• Voluntary and personalizedo Participants are encouraged to share progress and work
through roadblocks with their mentors
Programming: “Inspiring Change” A Diversity Assessment and Action Steps form
are provided in the kick-off package
Introduction
Timeline
Mentorship
Programming
Communications
Q&A
Structure
Communications
Social Media
#WomeninWind
Blog
Program
UpdatesGender
Diversity News
Press Coverage
Trade Other
Introduction
Timeline
Mentorship
Programming
Communications
Q&A
Structure
1. Review documents in the kick-off package
2. Establish mentor-mentee communication and set a time/format for the first
interaction in June 2019
3. Send professional headshot, short career bio and 1-2 sentence testimonial
(“Why did you join this program?”) to [email protected]
4. Participants should undertake the Diversity Assessment and begin thinking
about their three action steps
5. Sign the Mentorship Agreement during your first mentor-mentee interaction
Next Steps