Edition No 95. Time for Mentorship?
The WIE Suite
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Dear Women Who Do,
Do you mentor others? Or do you have a mentor yourself? Mentorship has long been touted as the key to success for women and it’s undoubtedly helpful. But is it enough to move the needle for women in the workplace?
Jennifer Stucko, our WIE SUITE Woman of the Week, thinks mentorship has been vital for her success as a CEO. And, Judy Spalthoff, Managing Director of UBS Financial Service?concurs.
But, what about you? We'd love to hear your thoughts, ideas and challenges as we continue to explore the topic all month.
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JENNIFER STUCKO, CEO OF PORTA FIORI, ENCOURAGES YOU TO CONSIDER SUSTAINABLE FASHION
Jennifer Stucko, Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Prota Fiori, is a trailblazing Italian entrepreneur who has revolutionized the luxury footwear industry by creating the first woman-owned, B Corporation sustainable luxury women’s footwear brand made in Italy.?
What role do you think mentorship plays in your success as a CEO?
I am continuously in awe of the mentorship of my Advisor Jessica Sibley, CEO of Time. Jessica brings me into important rooms that will open up doors for me and in those rooms I always meet at least a handful of other individuals that she is also lifting up.
Move the Needle
FEMALE MENTORSHIP: DO YOU NEED IT?
“I believe mentorship is vitally important to someone’s career,” shared WIE Suite member Judy Spalthoff, Managing Director of UBS Financial Services in research conducted by the WIE Suite. She continued, “and I don't necessarily think that gender is the determining factor to a meaningful mentee/mentor relationship. However, I think women face uniquely different challenges at work than men do, so it is helpful to have female mentors."
75% of executives credit mentors with much of their success, and 90% of employees with career mentors report that they are happy at work. Mentoring makes an impact. But, there is nuance to this - a topic we will be exploring in more detail this month.
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JOANNE HEYMAN ON ENHANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS
A highly sought-after coach, facilitator, advisor, and lecturer, Joanne's work is often credited with the achievement of sustainable and measurable success, including healthy, thriving cultures.??
"One of the ways that you enhance the brilliance of your communication skills is to audit your current behavior and make adjustments so that you're not only communicating meaning or specific points, but you're having the impact you desire.
We say things and we write things and we signal things not just to share information, but to create a feeling, knowledge, a connection to the person with whom we're communicating. It's not really so much about the points that you score as how people feel about what you've said. This is particularly important if you're communicating in a difficult situation. We all get ready, and we've got those talking points, and we've got our script. And we know exactly what we want to say, that's great. But what takes communicating well into the territory of communicating brilliantly, is taking that extra step.
Before you open your mouth, step onto the stage, put your fingers to the keyboard, and you say, at the end of this interchange or at the end of this presentation, how do I want people to feel about what I've said?"
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