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“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.
Male allies: their role in gender diversity
After Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc was subjected to sexist comments at its AGM, Liz Dimmock calls on more men to speak up like its chair George Culmer did at the meeting
Tackling Islamophobia in the workplace
What employers can learn from Riz Ahmed’s anti-prejudice campaign by Katherine Godsmark
Spotlight on: Jessica Jones
After undergoing a life-saving operation to remove a brain tumour, Jessica Jones has embarked upon a journey of personal development
Do you celebrate International Men’s Day?
I must admit, before working closely with the Moving Ahead team on this Summit, I might have been on the 'roll-my-eyes’ side of this conversation…
“DO is easy, BE is very hard”
This was the phrase that has been planted firmly in my mind since listening to Moving Ahead’s Inclusion and Diversity Summit last week in celebration of inclusion week.
Reflections on buying my business back
Just over seven years ago I walked down the high street in Wargrave, Berkshire to open the door to my new office for the very first time…
The power of the pronoun
She, her, they, him, ze — the humble pronoun is in the spotlight like never before, as gender identity and gender fluidity become increasingly mainstream conversations…
My daily mental health practice
We know that solid mental health – as with any other aspect of wellbeing – isn’t an instant fix, but rather a practice, often arising from long-term dedication to small, daily rituals…
Career progression: playing a rigged game
Many mentees start our programmes feeling “hopeless” about their career development but as our Insight and Reporting Lead, Jordan Saxby, explains…