Our mentoring subject matter expert Judy Corner will be sharing the following agenda that will help you start planning the next steps to launching a mentoring program that supports women.
1. ROI of a Diverse Leadership Team
2. Women Leaders – Why Is Mentoring Working?
3. What elements need to be considered in a mentoring program that focuses on women in leadership?
4. Steps to Success for Mentoring Programs that focus Women in Leadership.
12. Leadership program is a long-term business strategy; it can take years for
individuals to move into leadership roles, so short-term success should be the
focus.
How are you going to measure it?
• How many women developed a leadership competency in the last 6 months.
Steps to Success
1. Define Goals and Success
13. • Recruit talented leaders with the correct mentor competencies and skills:
• Pay attention to recruit people with other characteristics of effective female
leaders:
Steps to Success
2. RECRUITING
Emotional Intelligence
(Empathy)
Adaptability
Communication Skills
(Listening)
Goal Setting Influencing Motivating Interpersonal
Leadership Visionary Skill Expertise
14. Steps to Success
3. COMMUNICATIONS
Advertise the following points in your internal communications:
• Explain the benefits of the initiative for the organization
• Communicate the benefits of participating in the program
• Share that it is not an exclusive program, that it can benefit
everyone!
• Make a point to explain that matching is not based on
gender, it is based on the most qualified and best match
15. Steps to Success
4. TRAINING
Not everyone has previously participated in a mentoring program.
Training should:
• Define what mentoring means for the organization
• Define the leadership skills and characteristics valued within the
organization
• How to implement the role of mentor and mentee
• Prepare participants to fulfill their roles
16. Consider adapting your matching application to address the
following competencies to develop female leaders:
• Enhancing business skills and knowledge
• Understanding and navigating the organization
• Solving problems and making decisions
• Managing politics and influencing others
• Managing change
• Taking risks and innovating
• Setting vision and strategy
• Managing the work
• Work-life balance
• Career development
• Networking
Steps to Success
5. MATCHING APPLICATION
17. Steps to Success
6. REPORTING
Reports should include such elements as:
• How many partnerships were created
• Specific improvement in leadership competencies
• Goals/objectives completed
• Number of individuals who moved into more complex assignments or
leadership roles
It is important to measure and report both quantitative and qualitative data.