WBS Mentoring Programme Newsfeed

The Mentor Exchange: Buddy Up! session enlightened our mentors, with lots of discussion around how to manage mentees who intermittently contact you - usually with imperative issues - to likening mentoring to a dance of directive and non-directive approaches.

We have compiled some advice and tips from your fellow mentors who have experienced similar hardships and successes to yourselves.

Click through to see more!

It was wonderful to see our mentors and mentees at the recent Mentor and Mentee Exchanges which were held on the 16th and 17th of August.

The sessions allowed us to learn from you and what you would like to see from us. One of these was to be able to share tips and tricks, not only from the perspective of your fellow mentors, but also to discover what mentees found productive.

What can we say? You request, we do it!

Have a peek at the mentoring tips and tricks compiled by your community, for your community, in order to help progress your mentoring relationships.

In the post-pandemic world, future-proofing your career requires online visibility, thought-leadership and a wholehearted commitment to Project You - in addition to earning your professional stripes (degrees, qualifications, work experience etc).

Ioana Jago PMP, Personal Branding and Growth Marketing Strategist, will take you on a journey from the 'why' behind Personal Branding to the 'how' to achieve or build on this for yourself.

Sign-up Link: The Power of Personal Branding for Professional Visibility and Growth (www.eventbrite.co.uk)

'A smile broke out on my face as I thought back to the thrill of staring at the acceptance letter aeons ago, and the unforgettable journey it launched...'

- Gülcan Telci, a mentor on the WBS Global Mentoring Programme, sharing her experience studying an MBA and joining the programme.

Hearing from our mentees and mentors on how the programme has helped them is invaluable to us. If you would like to share your story with the community, please get into contact with Donna.Curtis@wbs.ac.uk or Mentoring@wbs.ac.uk.

After dedicating nearly a decade of his time to volunteering for the Steering Committee and then becoming a Co-Chair, Sanjiv has now stepped down from the position of Co-Chair within the Steering Committee.

We are incredibly thankful for everything he has done as Co-Chair, and pleased that he will continue to be a part of the SteerCo group. Taking up the post in his place will be Gary Lloyd, another experienced and longtime volunteer within the Steering Committee.

When you begin your mentoring relationship with your mentee, it can be challenging to establish priorities.

The mentoring checklist specifically catered towards mentors can help with this, and provide pointers to get your mentoring relationship up and running.

As the checklist states, finding common ground with your mentee is one way you can bond - after all, the programme lasts for two years!

However, the checklist and other resources in the Mentor Area can also serve as a reminder to those whose relationships are ongoing too - to help the process along. Feel free to take a look!

Having been re-accredited for the third time in a row since 2016, there is much to celebrate. The IiP Accreditation has been regained until 2025, and we have the wonderful mentors and mentees of the global mentoring programme to thank for that!

A big thank you to all the volunteer WBS Mentors who help support their mentees and an extra thank you to those who participated in the IiP interviews. It really makes a difference.