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Be a Team Mentor

You can open doors for women returning to work by being a team mentor and sharing your industry knowledge, your own stories, or your talents, with a minimal time commitment.

Do you have an extra 2 hours in your life to make a difference in someone else's life? If you are a seasoned professional in a management role, you can help a protégé gather information, make realistic choices and decisions, and gain focus and confidence, as she determines how to re-enter the workforce.

As well as opening a door for someone else, you will broaden your own professional network, meet powerful women, learn from the stories of others, and add to your own leadership-skills tool box.

Mary* has decided to create a win-win mentoring session: she will invite both her protégé and some of her staff to lunch. She can spend time with her staff, and her protégé will gather lots of ideas and information.
 
Brenda* is not in the fashion business, but she has a sense of style. She will will set aside a few hours to help a group of protégés polish their image.

Karen* has gone through a number of transitions in her career, and has "re-invented" herself twice. Along with a few similar professionals, she wants to share her story with a group of protégés…an empowering activity for everyone.

Linda* wants to play a deliberate and personal mentorship role. She will provide 2-hour sessions to a few people and if she finds someone she "connects" with, she will offer to develop a longer-term mentoring relationship.

Frances* doesn't live in the Vancouver area. She volunteers anyway and will provide her mentoring session on the phone and via e-mail.

* ideas offered by potential mentors helping to develop this program.

Using your industry and career experience to act as advisors and guides, Minerva Mentors provide 3 main functions within the program:

  • Information: provide information about their industry, profession, the local marketplace, and the opportunities for employment within it.
  • Feedback and Direction: provide input, ideas, and resources to help the protege determine her career re-entry focus.
  • Opportunity for Networking: model for proteges the value of building and maintaining a professional network.

    The program's built-in flexibility will allow you to fit your mentoring role into your busy schedule.You can provide one mentoring session, or more if you have time, or work with a team of mentors.

    We'll provide tip sheets to guide you.


    Download mentor information & application here 

    Mentor Application Form


    Mentor Information

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