JUMP ON THE MENTORING PROGRAM THAT WILL ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER

JUMP ON THE MENTORING PROGRAM THAT WILL ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER

WHAT IS IT:

Women’s Visibility Week is a 3-day breakfast event for women in business to connect with aspiring and relatable women mentors. Every day is hosted by a different company in a different field (marketing, tech, general business and leadership), you can join for one mornings. And this year we’ve added 2 live lunch time online podcast sessions where we’re digging deeper into the subject of Women in Leadership and on how Mentoring Matters.

This cross-company mentorship program was created from the belief that “you can’t be what you can’t see”. It’s a way to develop women leaders in a group environment, enable the exchange of lessons learned from experience, garner first-hand advice from today’s women leaders and discuss topics that will accelerate women’s full potential.

WHY WE’RE DOING THIS

Climbing the career ladder is harder for women. Connecting with real life women role models is important because, having a role model can help us define our career. They make women more ambitious and aim higher. Furthermore, role models set an example for mindsets and behaviors to rise in our careers. Mentoring programs facilitate the development of the leadership skills that allow women to step towards top positions. Here are 4 ways mentoring can benefit women:

  1. It helps to articulate your career ambitions
  2. It lets you stay on track of the goals you want to achieve
  3. We’re creating this in a group environment so you can build a fab network
  4. Meeting other ambitious like-minded women will help you gain confidence

It’s all about sisterhood having the right circle of women around you makes you feel more confident.

Women who are mentored by other women feel more supported and are often more satisfied with their careers.

Source: leanin/Catalyst (2012)

Our aim for this week is to make sure that, as businesswomen, we have more visible role models whose footsteps we can follow.

We match women in business with carefully selected mentors from a variety of industries and backgrounds, who will support their mentees as they consider their next stage of business and professional growth.

This is the time for women to explore career paths and learn from today’s most influential businesswomen. Mentors are women leading at organizations such as RABOBANK, NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ, ACCENTURE, GREAT PLACE TO WORK and many more!

3 Breakfasts designed to connect and help women in business to grow

PROGRAM

More speakers to be announced soon

DAY 01

MONDAY, MARCH 20TH
HOSTED BY RABOBANK IN UTRECHT

WOMEN IN MARKETING

08.30 – 10.30 

SPEAKERS
Ingrid van der Chijs | Lead Marketing Development at Rabobank
Mimoent Haddouti
| CISO & Global Head Chapter Security & In Control at Rabobank
Atva van Zanten
| CEO at Mindshare

DAY 02

TUESDAY, MARCH 21ST
ONLINE EVENT HOSTED BY GREAT PLACE TO WORK IN AMSTERDAM

MENTORING MATTERS PODCAST

13.00 – 14.00

SPEAKERS
Wencke Ester – Lorber
| Commercieel Directeur at Great Place To Work
Jayani Masthoff | Founder Goudvisie

DAY 03

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22ND
HOSTED BY NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ IN AMSTERDAM ARENA

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

08.30 – 10.30

SPEAKERS
Shirley Kind
| Directeur Sales & Service at Nederlandse Loterij
Patritia Pahladsingh | CEO & managing Director of Accenture Song

DAY 04

THURSDAY, MARCH 23RD
ONLINE EVENT HOSTED BY GREAT PLACE TO WORK IN AMSTERDAM

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP BUSINESS

13.00 – 14.00

SPEAKERS
Wencke Ester – Lorber
| Commercieel Directeur at Great Place To Work
Gwen Kolader | VP – Global Head DE&I at Hexaware & Mobiquity

DAY 05

FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH
HOSTED BY ACCENTURE

WOMEN IN TECH

08.30 – 10.30

SPEAKERS
Michelle van der Wouden
| Bidmanager at Accenture
Nerosh Raga | Managing Director SAP Advisory Practice

Connecting women in the workplace with mentors to help them grow in their careers.

WHAT CAN MENTEES EXPECT?

  • You will be added to an online environment where you can meet other mentees and where you’ll be connected with your mentor based on commonalities.
  • The mentor will meet you at least twice in 2023, once at the breakfast and once more at a determined time by you both. Of course, if you hit it off you might be able to meet and connect more.
  • The breakfast will include women from your industry, and you will have multiple networking moments at the event.
  • Every breakfast starts with a 15 min personal branding talk by Nancy Poleon (founder of BrandedU) followed by a guest speakers/rolemodels of the company hosting the breakfast.

WHAT CAN MENTORS EXPECT?

  • Meet your peers at the breakfast and in the online environment
  • Learn new things and expand your own perspective from your mentee
  • Improve your management and leadership skills. In a world where there are more CEO’s named Peter and John than female CEOs altogether, we need to come together and change the equation!

If you’re ready to pay it forward and also want to learn and grow, then all you have to do is register as a mentor.

MODERATOR

Nancy Poleon
Founder of BrandedU

MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

FEATURED SPEAKERS 2023

DAY 01

WOMEN IN MARKETING
MONDAY, MARCH 20TH

Ingrid van der Chijs
Lead Marketing Development at Rabobank

Mimoent Haddouti
CISO & Global Head Chapter Security & In Control at Rabobank

Atva van Zanten

Atva van Zanten
CEO at Mindshare

DAY 02

MENTORING MATTERS PODCAST
TUESDAY, MARCH 21TH

Wencke Ester – Lorber
Commercieel Directeur at Great Place To Work

Jayani Masthoff
Founder Goudvisie

DAY 03

WOMEN IN BUSINESS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22TH

Shirley Kind
Directeur Sales & Service at Nederlanse Loterij

Patritia Pahladsingh
CEO & managing Director of Accenture Song

DAY 04

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PODCAST
THURSDAY, MARCH 23TH

Wencke Ester – Lorber
Commercieel Directeur at Great Place To Work

Gwen Kolader
VP – Global Head DE&I at Hexaware & Mobiquity

DAY 05

WOMEN IN TECH
FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH

Michelle van der Wouden
Bidmanager at Accenture

Nerosh Raga
Managing Director SAP Advisory Practice

THESE ARE THE MENTORS

New names are added weekly

DAY 01

MONDAY, MARCH 20TH
WOMEN IN MARKETING

Alette Tammenga | Head of CASA Credit at Rabobank

DAY 02

TUESDAY, MARCH 21ST
MENTORING MATTERS PODCAST

DAY 03

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22TH
WOMEN IN BUSINESS

DAY 04

THURSDAY, MARCH 23TH
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PODCAST

DAY 05

FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH
WOMEN IN TECH

WANNA JOIN AS A MENTOR?

WOMEN SUPPORTING WOMEN

We’re connecting women in the workplace with exceptional women leaders from various industries. Start today by bringing your friend to the Women’s Visibility Week and together you can conquer the workplace. Sign up with your friend and you’ll each receive a 25% discount on your ticket!

The pro’s of women-only cross company mentoring programs

  1. A women-only mentoring program can provide role models for early career women.
  2. Some organizations may not have enough women in leadership positions to support an effective mentoring program.
  3. Employees who have a mentor are 5 times more likely to be promoted than those without (source). Still 63% of women have NEVER had a formal mentor.
  4. 25% of employees who enrolled in a mentoring program had a salary-grade change.

It’s time to explore career paths and connect and hear from today’s most influential businesswomen.

“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.”

Oprah Winfrey