In this spotlight from our interview series with inspirational female professionals across different fields, meet Michaela Seewald. Michaela is the Founder and CEO at V24 Media, the publisher of Vogue Czech Republic and Slovakia. We caught up with Michaela for a quick chat about her path from law into media, how Vogue was born in the Czech and Slovak markets, or what advice she would give to other female founders. 

In June, we hosted a career conference in Berlin covering various topics on growing one’s career. One of our panels was on ‘Women in Leadership: Climbing the ladder,’ with Angeley Mullins (Chief Commercial Officer at Resourcify), Stefanie King (Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at OptioPay Group), and Chiedza Muguti (Chief Product Officer at Alteos). We heard directly from women who have made it to the top. They shared with us their own definition of good leadership, take on the transition from individual contributor to leader, the best thing one can do to thrive in a leadership role and so much more. ‍From our conversation with Angeley and Stefanie after the panel, we put together some key-takeaways from the panel to make their insights accessible to those who were not able to join us.

Establishing a company mentoring program is a wonderful way to give your employees an opportunity to grow in alignment with your business goals, while at the same time using a highly personalized approach to talent development. The finance team at Mews approached us when they wanted to offer their team members an opportunity to learn from external resources through mentoring to keep up with the company's high growth and new challenges.We talked more about how it all went and how mentoring has benefitted Mews with the company’s CFO, Pavla Munzarova.

Lenka Kejikova is the CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors at Generali pension company. With extensive experience in insurance, finance, and leadership, we wanted to know more about Lenka’s career path, her leadership approach, past and present mentors, but also her views and advice on the gender pension gap, as well as balancing motherhood and career. Lenka had many interesting insights to share - read more about them in this interview!

Would you like to grow professionally in the field of tech by working with a mentor? Our tech mentors help their mentees explore all the possibilities the field of IT has to offer. They support their mentees in breaking through into the tech industry and grow their career. 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 some of our mentors in the field of tech.

Mentoring is one of the most popular tools that help one progress in the career or successfully onboard in a new role. For a successful outcome, a mentee should define goals that will help track their progress and get them to the next step of their career ladder. In this article, we'll dive deep into why to set goals in mentoring and, most importantly, how to set them in order to succeed. 

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.