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The Mowgli Foundationwww.mowgli.org.uk
Mowgli are a not-for-profit global mentoring organisation
• One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is poverty, and this affects not just financial standing, but also aspiration.
• While the developed world deals with the consequences of the serious economic slowdown, the impact upon developing countries and their communities is that they can no longer rely on aid for assistance.
• The Mowgli Foundation recognises the value and power of mentoring. Widely acknowledged to be a key driver in achieving sustainable business success, our aim at Mowgli is to use mentoring to unlock potential in the developing world.
• We envision an end to poverty by creating an ‘enabling environment’ that facilitates enterprise and entrepreneurship.
The Mowgli Foundation
Who are Mowgli?• The Mowgli Foundation is a new not for profit organisation set up to make a difference to aspiring entrepreneurs,
predominantly in the developing world, through the power of mentoring.
Our Vision• One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is poverty, and this affects not just financial standing, but
also aspiration. While the developed world deals with the consequences of the serious economic slowdown, the impact upon developing countries and their communities is that they can no longer rely on aid for assistance.
• We envision an end to poverty by creating an ‘enabling environment’ that facilitates enterprise and entrepreneurship. Our aim is to use mentoring, widely acknowledged to be a key driver in achieving sustainable business success, to unlock potential in the developing world.
How we will achieve this
• We match mentors and mentees from across the globe, creating a two-way relationship that provides inspiration, guidance and, critically, companionship for aspiring entrepreneurs.
• To date we have run four programmes, three in Jordan and one in Lebanon, and have a further three currently in plan. We have plans to expand to other regions in the Middle East as well as the UK.
• Through various initiatives and partnerships, we now have a large pipeline ofentrepreneurs needing our support.
The Mowgli concept works towards solving the problem
of poverty
Poverty and lack of jobs the world over but especially in the developing world; & the need to create greater leadership
The Challenge
Match mentors & mentees; Use the power of mentoring to unlock potential of the mentee & create sustainable business success; develop the leadership capability of the mentor
The Solution
Stimulate enterprise & entrepreneurship; Create jobs;Alleviate poverty; greater standard of leadership in business
The Result
The Mowgli Mentoring Process
*Note, Mentor & Mentee hold quarterly performance review meetings where they provide each other with feedback on how they are both operating in the relationship
Benefits to our Mentors
Reignite entrepreneurial
juices
Reignite entrepreneurial
juices
Benefits of the Mowgli
experience for Mentors
Benefits of the Mowgli
experience for MentorsBecome a
world class mentor
Become a world class
mentor
Access to leading edge
business tools
Access to leading edge
business toolsFine tune your
strategic capability
Fine tune your strategic capability Unique, life
changing, experience
Unique, life changing,
experience
Greater leadership capability
Greater leadership capability
Develop active listening
technique
Develop active listening
technique A greater sense of empathy
A greater sense of empathy
Enhanced personal
relationships
Enhanced personal
relationships
Become a world class mentor
Become a world class mentor
Nurturing & deepening
competencies
Nurturing & deepening
competencies
Benefits to our Mentees
Access to new markets
Access to new markets
Benefits of the Mowgli
experience for Mentees
Benefits of the Mowgli
experience for Mentees
Deepening of in-built skills &
behaviours
Deepening of in-built skills &
behaviours
Targeted personal
development plan
Targeted personal
development plan
Increased self confidence
Increased self confidence
Practical & emotional
support
Practical & emotional
support
Stimulate your creative thinking
Stimulate your creative thinking
Heightened self awareness &
understanding
Heightened self awareness &
understanding
Benefits to Company
* Source: Mentoring solutions white paper, Survey of Mentoring Statistics & Research, Marilynne Miles Gray
Benefits of the Mowgli
experience for Corporate Partners
Benefits of the Mowgli
experience for Corporate Partners
Superior leadership
capability & coaching
Superior leadership
capability & coaching
Positive effect on
talent retention
Positive effect on
talent retention
Talent management
program
Talent management
program
Improved awareness of diversity
Improved awareness of diversityGreater
strategic capability
Greater strategic capability
Increased motivation & loyalty
Increased motivation & loyalty
Enhanced profile of
company for prospective employees
Enhanced profile of
company for prospective employees
Supports CSR
strategy
Supports CSR
strategy
Excellent feedback from Mentors who have undertaken the
programme“Has anyone ever asked you to mentor them? It is a humbling experience: it makes you re-evaluate your own assumptions
and prejudices. Imagine being asked to mentor someone in a foreign country with different customers and pressures? Just before you dismiss this out of hand the experience will be life
changing. I have just returned from Jordan where I had the most amazing time. My mentee is a Palestinian named Amjad, who is setting up a business to sell language courses on mobile
phones. He believes the Mowgli programme to be incredibly important in helping him achieve his objectives.
“I want to thank you all for what was an amazing week. The combination of being in such a different location, the interaction between us all and the mentees who joined us added
up to a fantastic experience – and I feel too it will take some time to really assess the full impact upon
me.”
“Last week was incredible. That’s all I
seem to say to people...it was
incredible.”
Mowgli have had some great press
‘mentoring is a great leadership development tool for directors and employees, which also has
the potential to boost morale and job satisfaction – and change lives’. July 2009
‘mentoring is a key part of leadership development…mentors come back to the UK
having learned something about how to conduct business in a different way. There are lessons to be learned from both sides. They return to their
business with that new perspective to help address some of the problems we’re facing in this
country’. July / August 2009
‘employers moved to action by the plight of the world’s poor, as highlighted in the film
Slumdog Millionaire, and who want to develop employees’ leadership skills can do both through a new mentoring foundation…
Mowgli’ March / April 2009
Ways to work with Mowgli
Corporate Partner
Sponsorship costs £5,000 for one
mentor to undertake a year long programme
Donate to Mowgli
If you would prefer to make a donation,
your money can either go to the
Mowgli Foundation or to sponsor a
mentor
Become a Mentor
Become a mentor on a Mowgli programme
Mowgli can work with you to tailor a
mentoring programme for your
executive leadership team
Leadership Development
Contact: Simon Edwards CEOMobile (UK): +44 (7786)386253Mobile (Int): +971 (50) 6121323
Email: [email protected] site: www.mowgli.org.uk