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Celebrating our Programme Partners
Last week we were delighted to hold our 2024 Programme Partner Conference at the vibrant offices of Gerald Eve in London.
We convened for a time of reflection, learning and celebration, acknowledging the generosity of our Programme Partners who are a vital link between Moving Ahead, mentors and mentees and the wider organisations that they are a part of.
Six reasons why cross-company mentoring works
Moving Ahead’s head of programmes Rebecca Davies tells us how cross-company mentoring can change lives, careers and even the way you do business.
“People leave these mentorship programmes with a lot more compassion than when they first came in.”
Benjamin Beckhart is Chief Engender Officer at Beckhart Engendra, and also the Golden Thread Facilitator on Moving Ahead’s US 30% Club Mission Gender Equity cross-company mentoring programme.
““If I had one word to describe Moving Ahead, it would be ‘transformative’.”
Mary Yun, Senior Vice President, Data Platform, Technology at Brown Brothers Harriman, mentor for Moving Ahead’s 30% Club cross-company mentoring programme talks about how she found it “enriching, empowering and fun”.
“The programme has given me the confidence to become more understanding and empathetic.”
Cross-company mentor Claire Vetori shares her insights as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the 30% Club cross-company mentoring programmes.
Impactful and inspiring: the strength of cross company-mentoring
Trust, honesty and fresh thinking are hallmarks of the Moving Ahead mentoring programme. Kate Rimmington reports on its transformative power.
“The secret of corporate creativity? Boosting diversity through mentoring”
Kirk Vallis, innovation and creativity expert at Google explains all businesses can benefit from the creativity that true diversity can bring by taking part in a cross-company mentoring scheme
“Being mentored by someone outside of your organisation means you can focus on yourself.”
Mariam Shahbazuddin, senior scrum master at Fidelity Investments, found her experience evoked childhood memories of the most important role model in her life.
“Mentoring allows you to unlock ideas – which then allows you to unlock your potential”
Olympic athlete Sarah Winckless was at a life’s crossroads when she left the world of elite sports and then she discovered Moving Ahead.
“What's so powerful about mentoring is that it creates an opportunity for people to connect at a higher level than would normally be the case at work.”
Leadership coach and Moving Ahead ‘Golden Thread’ facilitator Tanya Gordon explains why her childhood and career have made her so passionate about mentoring
“I joined as a mentee to increase my confidence and push myself forward to see if I could get a promotion. It worked.”
Project Team Manager Karen Rosser found the sky was the limit after she joined cross-company mentoring programme
Celebrating a decade of cross-company mentoring
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the 30% Club cross-company mentoring programmes delivered by Moving Ahead
“We see mentoring as a peer relationship where both parties learn and grow in different ways”
Executive Coach Patrick McMaster describes his richly rewarding work as a facilitator on the 30% Club programme
“It’s an inspiring and rewarding programme”
Emily Whitnall says ‘I’d certainly recommend Mission Gender Equity to other organisations as part of investing and growing their female talent’
“A mentor from another walk of life or industry can look at things more holistically”
Kevin Lennon learned there’s an art to knowing how to listen – and when to talk, on the 30% Club Cross-Company Mentor programme
“I wanted to break the glass ceiling – Moving Ahead helped me get my first leadership role”
Former mentee Pushpita Mukherjee explains how Moving Ahead’s 30% Club Cross Company mentoring programme changed her life
“I’m a white middle-class, middle-aged straight guy – and that means I don't know how most people experience the world”
Kent Valentine, Oliver Wyman consultancy partner, explains why Moving Ahead’s mentoring programme was a great learning opportunity
“I'm learning something new every day”
Mamtha Ethiraj, a senior business analyst at T. Rowe Price, shares her experience as a mentee on the 30% Club programme
“As a mentor, it feels great knowing I'm helping to bring about change”
Ben Reeve, a partner in Oliver Wyman financial services practice, discusses what he had learned from mentoring someone in a completely different sector.