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“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.