As the founder of Semínkovna, Klára had years of experience building communities and leading educational projects. But when it came to transforming that expertise into sustainable online learning, she knew she needed a different perspective. Through the Femme Palette mentoring program, she refined her course design, gained confidence in pricing and communicating the value of her work, and began thinking not only as an educator but also as the creator of valuable intellectual property. In this Mentee Spotlight, she shares how mentoring helped turn knowledge into meaningful, sustainable impact.
Have you ever thought about mentoring someone? Embarking on a journey with a mentee will enormously benefit not only them, but also yourself. But how does one actually become a mentor? What are the things you need to consider beforehand, how do you choose the right mentoring program and what benefits can you expect from the experience? Read on to find out all the answers to these questions.
Veronika Stastna, a Lifestyle Product Manager at Top4Sport, joined mentoring to help her settle in her new job. Together with her mentor, Barbora Gerslova, the Country Sustainability Manager at IKEA, they managed to only overcome the various challenges at Verca’s work, and can also confirm that, when it comes to mentoring, preparation is key as you get out as much as you give in.
Mentoring schemes present not only a great opportunity to master new skills and kickstart your career, but also to add a very successful and highly experienced person to your network. Femme Palette works with a wide range of accomplished mentors. Meet four of them right now! Karen, Ivana, Ania and Eva answer questions in this mentor spotlight.
Even though our main focus since the beginning has been to help women with their professional development, since we heard many stories of women struggling with their careers, our programs are open to any other genders who also want to grow professionally. Read about the stories of two men that applied to our programs and their experience.
Are you afraid of change? Get a mentor to help you fight it! This could be the message of the interview with one of our mentees Tereza Svedova and her mentor Michaela Kloudová, the founder & CEO of Genster. Misa not only guided Terka in leaving her comfortable job in finance into the unknown world of start-ups, but she also introduced her to its Czech community. And all of that despite being very skeptical about mentoring in the first place. Thank you for putting your trust in Femme Palette.
We spoke to Laura Meadowcroft, a Senior Finance Manager at Sainsbury’s, who got paired up with her mentor, Lana Vukovic, a Finance Director Serbia / Croatia at DXC Technology about their mentoring journey. Learn more here.
People seek to make a career change for various reasons, you might be feeling unsatisfied in your role, you’d like to earn more money, or your goals and values have changed. Find out what are the steps to make a successful career change here.
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