The Women’s Foundation’s Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders 2016-2017
Successful Mentoring and Facilitated Networking
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016Time: 18.45-20.45
Venue: Baker & McKenzie
Facilitated NetworkingFind someone with the same colour dot!
What is the hardest thing you have ever done?•
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?•
What is one goal you• ’d like to accomplish during your lifetime?
What three words would your friends use to describe you?•
What is one thing you really like about yourself?•
What was the best thing that happened to you this past week?•
What are the best perks that you have ever had at a job?•
What part of your daily routine do you enjoy most?•The Women’s Foundation
The Women’s Foundation’s Mentoring Programme for Women Leaders 2016-2017
Successful Mentoring and Facilitated Networking
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016Time: 18.45-20.45
Venue: Baker & McKenzie
Agenda
Introduction to the TWF team and Steering Committee
Roles and Responsibilities of Mentors and Protégés
Building Your Mentoring Relationship
Top Tips & Tools
Q&A
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The Steering Committee
Rose Kehoe
Alice Yung Belinda Hau Claire Goodchild Emma Dale Ingrid child
Joy Flanagan Katariina Franklin Mary McHale Natalie Cheung Rebecca Fok
Rina Hiranand Sara Cheng Sunny Davis Stephanie Loh
What is Mentoring?
Protégé: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
Mentor: someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person.
A process of building a mutually beneficial partnership to help develop the skills, behaviours and insights that will enable the Protégé to attain her future goals, the Mentor is a guide and a resource for the Protégé’s growth.
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What Makes a Good Protégé?
Someone who has the • desire to proactively advance in her professional development
Someone who has made a • commitment to themselves to participate fully in the opportunity for support through the Programme
Commitment to yourself to define• meaningful goals, to measure your efforts against those goals and celebrate the outcomes
Someone who is • willing to share her vulnerabilities, accept feedback and ask for advice
Someone who understands that they are the ONLY one that is truly •accountable for driving her own results
Someone who, after having learned from a shared experience, is willing to •pass it on
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What’s my Role as a Protégé?
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Appreciate the support and insights and sharing from othersA simple THANK YOU goes a long way
• Come prepared to discuss something of relevance• Define one or two professional issues, situations, or development
needs
Take the lead on scheduling meetings and setting the agenda
• Create action plans and discuss progress along the wayWhat is your desired outcome? How will you measure success?
Giving part of the story won• ’t help you arrive at the right answer
Share openly, challenge intelligently, ask questions
Take advantage of the objectivity•
Be prepared to be challenged and accept feedback • This naturally facilitates discussion of ‘next steps’
Implement agreed actions and provide updates on your progress
Take the lead on scheduling meetings and setting the agenda
What Makes a Good Mentor?
Someone who is • willing to provide support to a less experienced individual early in their career
Someone who is interested in • understanding herself better through the observation of another individual, and feels satisfaction by having helped another individual achieve their aspirations
Presents opportunities/challenges • that their protégé might not have seen
Tells their protégé things that they may not want to hear but leaves them •
feeling that they have been heard
Understands • the opportunity of the relationship to share, learn and gain new cultural perspectives
Encourages• their protégé to find her inner confidence to rise above her inner doubts and fears
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What’s my Role as a Mentor?
Mentoring is different to
managing or instructing
Seek to understand
what the protégé’s desired
outcome is
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Value the protégé as a personDevelop mutual trust and respect; maintain confidentiality
Listen both to what is being said and how it is being said
Use the opportunity to self reflect
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The Mechanics of a Mentoring Relationship
• Meetings can be formal or informal.
• There is no “one” right way to manage your mentoring relationship.
• However it is important to understand each party’s responsibilities clearly.
• Show commitment – to each other, and to your mutual goals for the relationship.
• Like any other important relationship in your life, be patient and open.
Communication is Key
Building a Successful Mentoring Relationship
PROTÉGÉS: Ensure regular meetings •
MENTORS: Manage discussions with your protégé effectively•
Set clear next steps to close regular discussions•
Follow up on commitments•
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Create a Strong Foundation
Confidence and Trust•
Listen with Empathy•
Share Learning Experiences•
Be Mindful of Diversity•
Build The Network•
Stay In Touch•
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Mentoring Behaviours
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Effective Ineffective
Advisor
Sounding board, facilitator
Rescuer
Problem fixer, assumes responsibility
Protector
Supports, is a safety net
Bodyguard
Fight’s protégé’s battles, overprotective
Coach
Provides structure, feedback & direction
Svengali
Dictates, control learning
Diamond Cutter
Suggests, polishes rough edges
Mechanic
Wants a quick-fix, insensitive to feelings
Broker
Identifies resources, develops
Buckpasser
Abdicates, doesn’t follow up
Challenger
Positively provokes, sets standards
Adversary
Pushes too far too soon, devil’s advocate
Clarifier
Teaches values, managing politics
Minesweeper
Removes obstacles so protégé doesn’t need to
Affirmer
Gives needed support, enhances self esteem
Smotherer
Gives too much feedback, discounts feelings
Sponsor
Provides visibility and recognition
Stinger
Promotes protégé at the expense of others
Curriculum Structure
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Top Tips and Next Steps
• Use the directory
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Top Tips and Next Steps
• Reach out to people that you think would make a good match
–What kind of mentor/ protégé are you?
–What are your objectives?
• Set up meetings with your potential mentoring partner
• Communicate your choice with each other
• Act fast and be proactive!
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Tools Needed
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Mentoring Programme Weekly Newsletter
Mentoring Programme Portal (mentoring.twfhk.org)
Directory | Programme Calendar | Media Resource Centre
TWF Mentoring Network Closed Group
TWF Facebook Page#TWFMP1617 | #TWFHK | #mentoring
Register for events
Receive event feedback and progress tracking
Q&A
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Facilitated NetworkingFind someone with a different colour dot!
What is the hardest thing you have ever done?•
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?•
What is one goal you• ’d like to accomplish during your lifetime?
What three words would your friends use to describe you?•
What is one thing you really like about yourself?•
What was the best thing that happened to you this past week?•
What are the best perks that you have ever had at a job?•
What part of your daily routine do you enjoy most?•The Women’s Foundation
