Global Mentoring Walk 2015
Geraldine Laybourne, founder and former CEO of Oxygen media (the mother company of Nickelodeon) when asked to mentor, found that her busy schedule didn’tallow it. Instead of rejecting meeting requests, she called these interested and upcoming women to join her in her morning walks every day. This started a movement now called the Mentoring Walk.
Vital Voices (Largest international non-governmental organization supporting women’s participation in economic development) solicits key members of its Global Leadership Network to organize Global Women’s Mentoring Walks. Each year, this initiative includes a series of mentoring walk events occurring on the same day in various countries across the globe.
Biz Divas believes very strongly in the power of mentoring. Along with knowledge partner Vital Voices, we organize Global Mentoring Walk every year in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Each year in every city, close to 100 enterprising women from corporate as well as business world walk together and share their journeys and insights. The walk is culminated in a plenary session or an interactive talk led by exemplary women leaders.
The purpose of Global Mentoring Walk is:
- To value women’s participation in society.
- To recognize the importance of “paying it forward” by giving back to others in the community.
- To promote lasting mentoring relationships between emerging and established women leaders.
- To demonstrate a belief in the importance of women’s leadership & participation in society.
- To instill the values of mentoring in rising leaders who can give back to future generations.
- Provide aspiring women students & professionals with the support & guidance they need to fulfill their goals.
A mentoring walk convenes established women leaders and emerging women leaders to walk together in their community. As they walk, they engage in discussion regarding their professional challenges and successes to establish a mentoring relationship in which the seasoned leader guides, advises and supports their peer.
We call upon women at the peak of their careers; women who have learnt plenty in their lives and are willing to share virtuous lessons with the upcoming generation of women leaders to join in the walk as mentors. The mentors are accomplished women who understand the importance of women’s leadership and participation in society; are motivated to instill the value of mentoring in rising leaders; have 15 years and above experience in politics, business, civil society, academia or another field and have sufficient professional experience and expertise to feel confident in sharing experiences and insights into their professional field.
The Global Mentoring Walk aims to establish camaraderie, creates gender-friendly environments, promotes a stronger environment for women’s success, and expands horizons for further personal growth as you explore innovative leadership strategies.
Criteria
- MENTORS – 15 Years and above of Work Experience
- Date: Saturday, 28th February, 2015
- Time: 7:00 am – 10:30 am
Venue Details:
- GURGAON : Leisure Valley Grounds, RGREP
- MUMBAI : “Out of the Blue” (Le Sutra), 14 Union Park, Khar (w) – Near Carter Road Olive’s
Agenda:
| 7.00 am – 7.15 am | Registration |
| 7.15 am – 7.30 am | Welcome Address and Mentor-Mentee Pairing |
| 7.30 am – 7.45 am | “Chakra Breathing” exercise by Sonia Punhani |
| 7.45 am – 8.45 am | Walk |
| 8.45 am – 9.30 am | Networking Breakfast |
| 9.30 am – 9.50 am | Key note address : Ruchika Ohri Bhasin – Believe in Me |
| 9.50 am – 10.0 am | Vote of Thanks By Ms Ranjana Deopa |
Keynote Speaker
Past Keynote Speakers and Mentors:
Debjani Ghosh, MD, Intel
Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City
Gagan Singh, CEO Business & Chairperson, Sri Lanka Operations Jones Lang LaSalle
Kanika Mathur
President, Digitasis
Seema Bansal
Principal Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
Pooja Goyal
Founder, Director, Intellitots Learning
Sapna Narang
Managing Partner, Capital League
Stephanie Morimura
Assistant Cultural Affairs Office for Exchanges, U.S. Embassy.
Papiya Sarkar
General Manager, HRO & Training, Wipro BPO
Stuti Jalan
Founder, Crosshairs Communication
Kalpana Jain
Senior Director, Deloitte
Karuna Nain Public Policy Programs Manager, Facebook
Katherine Caro First Secretary and Cultural Attaché for Education and Exchanges, U.S. Embassy
Mansi Tripathy Marketing Head, Shell Lubricants
Rashmi Tiwari Executive Director & Co-Founder, The CEO Clubs India
Smita Mankad Managing Director, Artisans Micro Finance Pvt. Ltd.
Participants Speak:
Click here to read what participants said
Dear Biz Divas, Thank you for a lovely morning yesterday and the chance to meet a fantastic group of women. It was an honour for me to be on the panel with such accomplished women and to be active in the conversation. I enjoyed the walk and think you both did an amazing job in pulling it all together and ensuring the event was upbeat, dynamic and interactive. I’m definitely interested in and look forward to opportunities to work with Biz Divas in the future. Thanks for inviting me and for giving me the chance to meet 2 great mentees. ~ Caroline Graham, Change Manager at Barclays Investment Bank
Fabulous initiative!! ~ Mona Kwatra Pande, Senior Partner & President at Ketchum Sampark
I loved the event very much. Thanks for having me. ~ Grishma Shah, Consultant Physiotherapist
Dear Biz Divas Team On behalf of the Khaitan team, we would like to thank you all for inviting us to this interesting event. We have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are keen to join further initiatives. Please do keep us informed of more events and opportunities to network and share. We wish Altavis and Biz Divas Foundation success in all its endeavours. ~ Nahida Uraizee, Senior HR Manager at Khaitan & Co.
A Big Thank you to Altavis and Biz Divas Foundation …and kudos to the team for facilitating a wonderful experience this morning. I thoroughly enjoyed the interactions and felt enriched by the insights shared by everyone. Thanks once again. ~ Rajani Athreya, Head of Human Resources at Thomson Reuters
Dear Biz Divas, Thank you so much for inviting me to be part of the Global Mentoring Walk today. It was really an amazing experience to be able to interact and share my thoughts with many like minded women. The venue and the climate in the morning was like an icing on the cake. Wanted to thank the team specially for arranging to get Apurva to speak. .. totally enjoyed every bit of her talk with all her chirpy anecdotes and childlike enthusiasm. I started reading the book on my way back itself and I was laughing alone in the train. …. its indeed a book every woman can identify with!
Thanks once again Bizdivas and all the women leaders present today. ~ Sangeeta Acharya, Associate Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) at STAR India Pvt Ltd
If this sounds interesting, do let us know about yourself at [email protected]
Please note that spaces are limited for mentors and mentees, and selection is done by Biz Divas Panelists.
