Mentoring Masterclass hosted by Jane Lewes.  Jane is an international mentoring expert and runs The Learning Consultancy.  The masterclass, which was run twice following positive feedback, allowed mentors to connect, share and get the latest insights on mentoring.

Evening for mentees to connect and share their experiences with each other and get the most from the Impact Mentoring programme. Four seasoned mentors will discuss the recent paper written by Helen Pitcher OBE about the benefits of mentoring; and share their own perspectives.

Once a banker, always a banker. Once a lawyer, always a lawyer. Correct? Not anymore. In this session, Sonal Bahl, Career Coach shared seven tips on how to navigate career change, and 2 of these 7 tips are related to resetting your mindset, without which the other tips will not really work.

Between Beatrice’s sterling work insisting on gender-balanced and all-female slates for candidates and what gets measured, gets done! Stanislav’s data on female CEO’s making it to board positions, Byron’s sharing his experiences working with board’ & CEOs, seeing a steady evolution of diversity in the boardroom as well as increased activity from investors taking action, we are going in the right direction.

There’s still a lot of work to be done, as Avivah Wittenberg-Cox says ‘you only get gender by design’. Quotas are not the answer, Boards and CEOs agree. @Ronan Dunne says “bring in the practicality, the conditions…to allow women to be the success they deserve to be’. All agreed, we need change in the mindset of recruiting….

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This was the second of 2021 Mentoring Workshops series. It was an interactive 90-minute session with Jane Lewes covering the all-important mentoring skill – listening, in which Jane took us through a series of exercises and shared with us best practices. The objective of this session was to:
• Identify and practise techniques to improve listening skills;
• Enhance skills in correctly assessing non-verbal communication;
• Identify filters in the listening process and develop skills to eliminate these;
• Complete a personal action plan aimed at developing more effective listening skills

The third of our 2021 Mentoring Workshop series. We covered the very important topic of ‘Developing Insightful Questioning Skills’. It was a 90-minute interactive session. Jane Lewes took us through a series of exercises and shared with us best practices. Questioning is a very powerful tool in mentoring as they:
 Promote empowerment and autonomy
 Stimulate new thinking
 Point the way to choices and options
 Act as “forward” or “reverse” to the mentoring process

We had an amazing session with Caterina Kostoula , executive and team coach, Founder, The Leaderpath , author of the successful book Hold Successful Meetings. Caterina is not only an INSEAD alumna but has been a mentee on the Impact Mentoring Programme.
She shared with us:

-The #1 secret to realizing your vision faster than you expected
– The 2 biggest mistakes people make when designing an inspiring vision
– The #1 obstacle you will need to overcome to get clarity about your desired future
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In 1967, INSEAD became one of the first business schools in the world to admit women to its MBA programme.
To honour this 50-year milestone, the school is launching iW50 at INSEAD, a year-long celebration in which we will honour the past, present and future of women at INSEAD, while also reaffirming a commitment—held equally by men and women at INSEAD—to equip women for success at every career stage and in every organisation.

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We were delighted to welcome back, three of our experienced mentors to lead our online Masterclass. Ali Farquhar, Steven Parker and Helen Pitcher opened the informal discussion with the important topic of.

On the 2nd November, leaders from different industries gathered together in London to discuss why gender balance matters and the value it creates. From evaluating company culture, preventing unconscious bias, ensuring diverse recruitment and creating supportive compensation packages, our illustrious panellists, speaker and audience shared their experiences and insights on how to implement immediate and long lasting change.

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The fourth of our 2021 Mentoring Workshop series. We covered the very important topic of ‘Decision Making’. It was a 90-minute interactive session. Jane Lewes took us through a series of exercises and shared with us best practices. During the workshop participants:
 Developed techniques to support effective decision-making with the ‘Ladder of Inference’
 Identified criteria for good decision-making using the F-A-I-I model

We had another great interactive mentoring masterclass led by two of our own experienced mentors Ali Farquhar , principal GTL Coaching and Consulting & Steven Parker, Board Director and Advisor, where we exchanged views and learned from each other. These sessions enable us to grow as an engaged strong community of mentors who can draw from each other’s experiences and become even better mentors.
Amongst topics discussed:
• differences and overlaps between mentoring and coaching and when was it appropriate to resort to one or another taking into account the context of the Impact Mentoring Programme
• range of styles a mentor can appropriately adopt
were particularly of interest to many.

‘Why is goal setting in the early stages of the mentoring relationship so important?’ This question was addressed at yesterday’s BiB mentor workshop with Jane Lewes.
Goal setting helps to:
– Build rapport between the mentor and mentee
– Provide a clear sense of direction
– Pinpoint improvements
– Identify the key developments and progress of the mentee
– Act as a catalyst for motivation and commitment
The workshop also gave stimulus on HOW to set goals and Jane equipped the attendees with various models and tools!

During this mentor workshop Jane Lewes explained why active listening is so important for mentors!

Jane clarified why’ listening’ is a challenging process as it’s different from just ‘hearing’:

Listening is the emotional and intellectual act of hearing what is communicated and responding to both the verbal and nonverbal message being sent. To listen actively, we need to try and filter out our expectations, our relationships, our past experience, our unconscious, bias and our values and beliefs.

Good active listening skills are characterised by the following 7 steps:
-Be attentive
-Ask open-ended questions
-Ask probing questions
-Request clarification
-Paraphrase
-Be attuned to and reflect feelings
-Summarize