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.

Fantastic ... brilliant ... just a couple of the words from attendees on Thursday's event.

This truly was a global event, with attendees and panellists joining from as far as Sydney and Singapore to Delhi, Dubai, Devon and Doncaster ... and so many places inbetween!

Folks online enjoyed getting together in small groups, as did those at The Shard as well as Marcus Dimbley's "Diversity of Thought" ... and the fabulous tip "Think, Write, Share" not to mention the celebratory panel discussion.

The perfect opportunity reconnect and re-engage, as stated by one of our mentors:

“ ..It (the Shard celebration event) was great – made me feel part of this bigger community”

Here are some snaps from the day. Can you spot yourself?

We are thrilled to be have accreditation since 2016 and we will seek re-accreditation in 2022. The accreditors will need to speak to a cross section of WBS Mentors, from those based outside the UK, those new to mentoring and not so new. We will be in touch in due course, for now we wanted to share it is coming up.

Change to Programme: As part of WBS’s commitment to delivering a high-quality global mentoring programme, we regularly review how it is delivered and received so we can identify ways to enhance the experience for both mentees and mentors. What is changing? What does the new structured feedback mean to WBS Mentors? ...

A reminder that the annual Programme Quality Review will be sent over the Christmas/New Year period. Please check spam/junk folders.

We would be grateful, if you could remind your mentee to complete, also.

Please note that the mentoring team last day is Thursday 17 December, returning on 4 January 2022.

What do the experts say? It was great to see around over 50 WBS Mentors register and join the exclusive November's webinar "The Changing Face of Recruitment" - usually only available to MBA students. This special access meant participants learnt more about the latest research and also heard directly from industry experts. What are the trends? What are the emerging skills/jobs? What skills are recruiters looking for? Answers to this and so much more ...this really is worth a look!