Petra Čuřínová was a Femme Palette mentee, who just finished our Coaching and Mentoring program. She is the Founder and CEO of GIVILI, a premium organic bedding brand. In this spotlight interview, we asked Petra about what led her to become an entrepreneur, the story behind her company, the biggest challenges she faced as an entrepreneur and so much more.

Grief, loss, and death are inevitable parts of life, yet they remain largely unspoken in the workplace. This silence not only deprives employees of the support they need during challenging times but also impacts the overall well-being and bottom line of organisations. In this blog post, we will delve into the compelling business case for normalising conversations about loss and grief in the workplace.

Anaïs Neumann is Global Head of Executive Recruiting at HelloFresh, as well as a career coach and a Femme Palette mentor who also delivered a brilliant talk on personal branding at our first-ever career conference held in Berlin. In this interview, we talked to Anaïs not only about her recruiting background and career path, but also insider tips, her coaching approach, personal branding advice, and more.

With a global mentor community from different backgrounds, our mentors have different experiences to share with their mentees making every mentoring experience unique. To give you a glimpse of our diverse mentor community, we introduce to you 12 of our mentors in the field of marketing.

Olga Maximova is a Femme Palette mentor and Head of Nonprofit Development at Czechitas. In this spotlight interview, we asked Olga about working in non-profit, what needs to change to attract more women to the tech industry, what opportunities there are available, and much more.

Have you heard of the term “returnship” before? It refers to the return-to-work program that supports professionals who want to return to workplaces after a prolonged career break. The program is available to everyone, but most often to women through a female returnship program supporting mothers keen to come back to work. What is a successful returnship program for women, and how to properly design it? Let’s dig deeper to understand.

In this piece, we will discuss creating your online image and share tips on how to stand out from the hundreds of social media profiles, connect with your audience, and maintain consistency by representing your expertise, personality, and values.

Our DEI Palette Club recently organised a panel discussion on how to be an authentic ally with Magda Stega, Kimberly Johnson, and Rana Oszeker. During the discussion, many insightful tips were shared on what it means to be an authentic ally, how people can avoid performative allyship, what concrete steps people can take to be an authentic ally, and how authentic allyship can benefit the organisation. Inspired by our discussion, I put together an authentic allyship checklist to help you assess your own authenticity as an ally.