Download - Mentoring - empowering women for the future
Mentoring - empowering women for the future
”EQUALITY MEANS BUSINESS” Istanbul event
Istanbul Bilgi University
You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be
”There is inside you all of the potential to be whatever you want to be - all of the energy to do whatever you want to do. Imagine yourself as you would like to be, doing what you want to do, and each day, take one step towards your dream. And though at times it may seem too difficult to continue, hold on to your dream. One morning you will awake to find that you are the person you dreamed of - doing what you wanted to do - simply because you had the courage to believe in your potential and to hold on to your dream”
by Donna Levine
Roots in mythology of Greek’s
Odyseus, king of Ithaka, did hand over his son Thelemakhos to goddess Athene, when he left to
the war of Troja. Athene took the form of Odyseus’s friend called Mentor, the role was to
help, guide and train youngster to his task - kingship
Greeks had very strong belief to this kind of relationship between senior and junior, key to
civilization survival: young will learn skills, customs and values directly from such person,
which he/she respects
Exercise
Think of someone who helped you to develop (or someone who mentored you in special way)
What were your initial expectations of the person and the relationship?
Did your expectations start out positive or grow as the relationship started to succeed?
What were your behaviors that influenced the positive responses of your partner?
What did this person seem to expect of you? How did you react to these expectations?
GOOD MENTORS
ARE OPEN ABOUT THEMSELVES, OPEN ABOUT THE BUSINESS, OBTAIN FEEDBACK, PROBE, SURPRISE THE MENTEE, ARE
COUNSELLORS, MAKE IT TWO WAY, ARE CARING, HUMAN, AVAILABLE,
COMMITTED, GOOD LISTENERS
MENTORING NOWADAYS
Mentoring involves primarily listening with empathy, sharing experience (usually mutually), professional friendship, developing insight through reflection,
being a sounding board, encouraging. - David Clutterbuck
Mentoring is a long term relationship that meets a development need, helps develop full potential, and
benefits all partners, mentor, mentee and the organisation. - Suzanne Faure
MENTORING NOWADAYSMentoring is a mutual relationship with an intentional
agenda designed to convey specific content along with life wisdom from one individual to another.
Mentoring does not happen by accident, nor do its benefits come quickly. - Thomas Addington and
Stephen Graves
Mentoring is a one-to-one, non-judgemental relationship in which an individual voluntarily gives time to
support and encourage another. This is typically developed at a time of transition in the mentee's life and lasts for a significant and sustained period of
time. - Active Community Unit
A MENTOR WILL FILL MANY DIFFERENT ROLES
– ROLE MODEL - A mentee will observe the mentor as an adult, employee, citizen, and community member.
– ADVISOR - The mentor will provide information and expertise in a particular area in order to aid the mentee in making informed decisions.
– COACH - The mentor will help the student learn specific skills about their job and the workplace.
– COUNSELOR - The mentor will have opportunities to help the student think through career, personal, and academic questions.
• EVALUATOR - The mentor will monitor the mentee's performance and offer constructive feedback about his/her progress.
Academic ”world”
Older students help younger students cope with peer pressure
University alumni provide guidance to students seeking business careers
Experienced faculty members assist their newer colleagues, mentoring has given them a very positive
attitude to the university
Peer mentoring - two colleagues mentor each other
In academic medicine women with mentors report more publications and more time spent on research activity than those without mentors. Women with a role model
reported higher overall career satisfaction.
THE MAIN HEADINGS OF THE MENTORING CONTRACT ARE
A ’NO FAULT’ OPT-OUT CLAUSE, A TWO-WAY PROCESS
WHAT WE ARE PREPARED TO DO / TALK ABOUT
EACH OTHER’S EXPECTATIONS TIME ISSUES: HOW MUCH, WHEN, IN
WORKTIME / PLACE OR NOT MANAGING THE LINE MANAGER
RELATIONSHIP
THE MAIN HEADINGS OF THE MENTORING CONTRACT ARE
PERCEPTIONS AND SUBTLETY COPING WHIT ENVY / GOSSIP CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP –
TRUST / CONFIDENCE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES HANDLING FEEDBACK LEARNING ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF THE
ORGANIZATION• LIFE AFTER ’THE END’
Women and the mentoring relationship
it has been said that women in mentoring relationships have greater job satisfaction than
women whitout mentors
a mentor can significantly accelerate a woman’s professional development compared to that of
women whitout mentors
mentors are important in introducing women to the organization’s power structure, formal and
informal.
women may face different problems to men in mentoring relationships
Women and the mentoring relationship
women mentors are in short supply at very senior level.
the gender of the mentor is less important to success than their quality as mentors.
the mentors should be aware of their own style and behaviour and those of the mentees.
participants need to be prepared to counter office gossip and jealousies
Women's mentoring is more about commitment than about chemistry. It's about personal growth and development rather than about promotions and plums. And it's more
about learning than power.
Thoughts of an anonymous aborigin woman from
Australia."If you have come to help me, you are
vasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us
work together"
Women executives assist other women to break the "glass ceiling"
Business Mentor Program
The mentors are experienced and successful senior business managers. Many of them are retired
from their full-time work.
The mentors are willing to offer their own professional experience and know-how for the benefit of small local companies and help new
entrepreneurs starting.
Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor is an unique opportunity for supporting women entrepreneurs across the globe and helping to close the gender
gap in the SME sector
Florence Awasom, Cameroon
To help others walk along a path that they (mentors) have already
cleared. But, it is easier if you can begin your journey on a cleared
path!"
GROUP MENTORING
Group mentoring - one mentor meets with several mentees
Group-group peer mentoring
Can be efficient, promotes diversity•
no a vibrant culture
Reverse Mentoring
The more junior person is the mentor
It is usually used when elder employees need to understand operations or technology that can be
shared by shop floor, front-line or tech-savvy employees
It needs ability to create and maintain an attitude of openness to the experience and dissolve the
barriers of status, power and position.
MIND HEART
BODY SOUL
Networking is a prime component
In the future, information is power
The larger your Network, the better your chance of finding out exactly what you need to know
Knowing whom to call is almost as good as knowing!
Networkers can accumulate influence or power by control of information and, of course, by
learning
Give and get information
Networking is a two-way streetA network is not a collection of business
cards, but of people. Take the time to understand the business
of those in your networkBe careful never to burn bridges
I also have seen: rather than focusing on the strengths of what women offer each other and using them to everyone’s advantage, efforts to undermine talented coworkers can be evolved into an all-or-nothing-
war-like campaign and a hostile competition among women.
Listen and giveListen to the people you meet to see how you
might assist them in what they do
Giving first and giving more than receiving is a very important rule of networking
If one party does all the giving, then the relationship will not last and the networking
ends
Networking relationships takes work and cooperation by all parties involved
What do you get from learning to network
You'll save money on advertising, since you'll get more business from referrals.
You'll get more leads, and close deals faster.
You'll develop an "In" with people that can help you get to the profitable "hard to reach" clients.
You'll develop strong and long lasting business relationships, quickly and effectively.
You'll build a network of loyal contacts, who will look for ways to send you new business.
You'll hear about profitable opportunities before they become common knowledge. (That's an unbeatable edge!)
Empowering women and girls
we raise the quality of life for everyone. This is because when women lead they not only
lead businesses, they lead in their community, they fight for their children,
and they give voice to issues that are important to our collective future -- like
education and health care
So, mentoring has very many faces!
Thank you for your attention - "the future is one minute from
now"!