Welcome to the HBA Greater Philadelphia Mentoring Program (Pilot)

2014 Overview

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2014 Mentoring Committee

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HBA Mission & Vision

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Membership Has Its Privileges

Your member benefits include discounts on events such as:

Year-round seminars and programs that provide educational and professional development opportunities to share and help develop cutting edge industry knowledge and leadership skill

Affinity Groups – many of our chapters host affinity meetings — find out about the Affinity opportunities in your chapter

HBA premiere event "Woman of the Year Luncheon"

Annual Leadership Conference

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Membership Has Its Privileges

Distinct “members-only” advantages

Mentoring Program

Networking opportunities

Visibility and access through HBA's Directory (both print and online)

Password-protected access to your own page on the website

Exclusive HBA LinkedIn

Receipt of the highly regarded newsletter, HBAdvantage

…and, you can also attend HBA meetings and programs anywhere in the country at the member rate

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Benefits of Mentoring Tapping into YOUR potential

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Why Do You Need A Mentor?

30+ years of research has shown that…• Having a mentor is the single, most important reason people

succeed in their careers – more than hard work, talent and intelligence

• Structured mentorship and exposure to strong female role models is particularly key for advancement of women in middle management

• Mentors give advice on how to operate effectively in the working world based on real experience

• Mentors can give you a big picture view of what you are experiencing

• Mentors can help you discover, develop and leverage your strengths and enhance your personal style

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Why You Should Become A Mentor

• It is never too early to mentor!

• It is very important to mentor other women—share your experience and develop your coaching, listening, and facilitating skills

• You don’t have to know all the answers for all your mentees’ problems – you have to help her find the solutions herself

“Little in life satisfies as much as watching someone ‘get it’, seeing someone learn and gain in confidence and then grow beyond you” – Sheila Wellington, President of Catalyst

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Benefits to Mentors 

• Enhances teaching/coaching skills • Reinforces technical and professional expertise • Increased pride and satisfaction• Encourages reflective practitioner • Increases self-awareness• Demonstrates professionalism • Enhances capacity to translate values

and strategies into productive actions• Improves awareness of personal biases

and assumptions• Extends network

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Benefits to Mentees

• Access to experience of willing mentors

• Develop higher levels of confidence

• Opportunities to practice new skillsin safe environment

• Protected feedback

• Expanded network

• Increased technical and leadership skills

• Clearer understanding of career opportunities

• Enhanced opportunity for career advancement

• Another benefit of HBA membership

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Benefits of the Program

To Employers:• Cost savings over

establishing/maintaining internal program

• Employee access to resources for professional growth

• Opportunity to reward employees with valuable external program

To HBA:• Enriched environment of

members working collaboratively to help each other

• Drives progress of the HBA mission

• Enables chapters to provide needed resource on local level

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HBA Mentoring Program Tapping into YOUR potential

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2014 Pilot Program Highlights

• 4 – 5 Mentor / Mentee Circles– (2 mentors / 4 – 5 mentees per circle)

• Group focus ranging from leadership and managing change, to career transition and skill development

• Building on the success of other HBA Mentoring Programs (e.g., Mid Atlantic)– Quality of the mentoring experience deemed High or Very

High by 2/3rds of all respondents

– 61% would definitely participate again; 35% are considering participating again

– 83% would recommend the program to colleagues

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Key Factors for Program Quality

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Participants described the Mentoring Program in one word

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Mentoring Types

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HBA Mentoring CirclesCircles of 2 Mentors to 4 Mentees

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Mentor Program Requirements

• HBA Chapter/Affiliate member – Optional– Individual membership encouraged but not required

• Commit to at least 1½ to 2 hours/month – In person and/or virtually (phone or online) for 7- 8 months

• Complete online mentor registration (deadline : Tuesday, April 15, 2014))

• Participate in mentor training webinar

• Attend Program Dinner Events– Kick Off : Tuesday, May 20 – evening– Year End Celebration: TBD

• Participate in check-in calls, surveys and LinkedIn discussions– Monthly calls, mid/year-end survey, and any discussions on LinkedIn– Provide important feedback on the pilot program

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Dates!

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Mentee Program Requirements• Must be individual HBA Chapter/Affiliate member

– Corporate membership not sufficient

• Pay program fee - $150.00

• Commit to at least 1½ to 2 hours/month – In person and/or virtually (phone or online) for 7 - 8 months

• Complete online mentee registration (deadline: Tuesday, April 15)

• Participate in mentee overview webinar

• Attend Program Dinner Events– Kick Off : Tuesday, May 20– Year End Celebration: TBD

• Participate in check-in calls, surveys and LinkedIn discussions– Monthly calls, mid/year-end survey, and any discussions on LinkedIn– Provide important feedback on the pilot program

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2014 Mentoring Program Timeline

ApplicationsMentors & MenteesMarch 27 – April 15

Mentoring Groups meetMONTHLY – at least TWICE in person besides kick off event

May

Mentoring Circles “self-organizing”

Program Evaluation

Mentoring CelebrationTBD

Mentoring Committee monitors/supports/evaluates

May - November

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2015 Planning begins - call for committee members

Mid July - Aug

March - April November

Mid-year Program Evaluation

2015 begins – Intro to Mentoring Program

Dec, 2014

RegistrationsInformed about programAcceptanceMay 1

Training WebinarsWeek of May 5

Live Kick Off EventsTuesday, May 20

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Program Registration• To apply to be a mentee or a mentor, send an email registration request to support@mentormatchme.com.

• In the subject line add: • HBA GP MENTEE OR• HBA GP MENTOR

• Registration link will be sent to you from MentorMatchMe.com 

• Once you received your registration link, click on the link to complete your registration profile

• Mentees and mentors who have been selected for the program will be notified via email by Thursday, May 1

• Training webinars are scheduled for the week of May 5

• All mentees must be HBA members at the time of registration

• Registration closes Tuesday, April 15

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Program Logistics & Support

• Acceptance into the program is best fit

• Mentor and group matching through robust MentorMatchMe program

• Committee connectors assigned for mentors and mentees

• Best practices from groups to be shared via private LinkedIn mentor and mentee groups

• Mentoring tools, structure and resources provided

• Ability to track your goals and progress through your virtual notebook

• Mentor and mentee training provided

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Thank you!

Questions & Discussion

To learn more about volunteering with the Greater Philadelphia Chapter, please visit our chapter website

on HBAnet.org

Any questions about the program, please contact Myla Maloney (myla.maloney@merck.com)