multicultural business women - mentor program
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MBW Presentation 2015
March 2015
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What is the purpose of MBW?-To strengthen the career opportunities for women with a different cultural background than Danish -To establish a relationship between Danish companies and multicultural businesswomen
Who can become a member?-Anyone can become a member of MBW if they want to contribute to career development for multicultural businesswomen -Annual membership fee of DKK 150
Who are the target groups?-Experienced, multicultural businesswomen who grew up in Denmark or came to Denmark as an adult-Multicultural businesswomen - newly graduated with at least masters degree
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A not-for-profit association - founded 2011
460 LinkedIn members
275 solid members – 46 cultures
95 mentoring pairs since 2012
Quarterly Network meetings/workshops
MBW Think Tank introduced in 2013
Facts about MBW
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China, France, Chile, Denmark, Pakistan, USA, Lithuania, Slovakia, Philipine, Brazil, Bulgaria, Iceland, Holland, Germany, Norway, Argentina, Italy, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Spain, India, Columbia, Peru, Costa Rica, Jordan, Kasakhstan, Romania, Macedonia, African Region, Ukraine, Estonia, Portugal, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Australia, Finland, UK, Serbia
Facts about MBW
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Board of MBW
Founder & ChairmanSanila RanaCell.: (+45) 41 20 05 88E-mail: [email protected]
CashierAnne-Marie WestergaardCell: (+45) 41 20 02 63E-mail: [email protected]
Boardmember Rubina ChaudhryCell: (+45) 23 25 86 78 E-mail: [email protected]
BoardmemberLauren MorrisseyCell: (+45) 25 29 35 18E-mail: [email protected]
BoardmemberBirthe BalesiniCell: (+45) 22 57 82 87E-mail: [email protected]
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SecretaryJustyna NowakCell: (+45) 503 19 777E-mail: [email protected]
BoardmemberReni NielsenCell: (+45) 22 83 53 70E-mail: [email protected]
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MBW ThinkTank
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Sponsors:– IBM
– E&Y
– Lederne
– Kopenhagen Fur
– Dansk Erhverv
Partners/Promoters:– Acuity World
– Cheche/Ignite
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Sponsors/ partners/ promoters
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MBW Mentoring program - levels
Executive level career aspirations
Entry levelmentoring
Expert levelmentoring
Executive level mentoring
Multicultural business women with a bachelor or master degree
Multicultural business women with three to five years work experience
Multicultural business women with six to 10 years work experience
Expert level career aspirations
Entry level career aspirations
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MBW Mentoring Program- 5 mandatory mentoring areas to improve career development! - 1 year MBW facilitating with quarterly workshops
How do you make your career plan? How can you take ownership of your own career development?
Make the strategy with your Mentor! Eliminate your barriers with your coach!
Make a decision – and stick to it!
What characterises today’s women when looking at their participation in the labour market compared with men?
What can we learn from the development in women labor?
Sociological opinions
Make a SWOT analysis of yourself
Get the right perception of your strengths and competences
Barriers and Strengths
Goes and No-goes in Danish business environment?
What is Danish humor?
How is Danish culture different from yours
Danish culture
What, When and Why Networking?
How do I build my network in the Danish business society?
Network
Acu
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Barriers & StrengthsGet the right perception of yourself!
Inspirational Steps
Links Outcome
Perform a Test:- Career- Personality - Job values
http://www.123test.com/ Get the right perception of the ”type of person” you are!
Make a SWOT-analysis
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/worksheets/SWOTAnalysisWorksheet.pdf
- What are the weaknesses and threats I am currently facing?
- How do I turn my weaknesses into strengths and threats into opportunities?
Wheel of Career http://www.thecoachingtoolscompany.com/wheel-of-life-temnplate-categories/
A tool to help identify areas you want to improve!
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Sociological opinionsWhat can we learn from the development in women labor?
What characterises today’s women when looking at their participation in the labour market compared with men?
Inspirational Steps
Links Outcome
Test yourself! Myths around women as leaders
http://www.lederweb.dk/Dig-Selv/Lederrollen/Artikel/80004/Myter-om-kvindelige-ledere
What are your perception of women as leaders – start discussing!
link to Kvinfo about the historical development for women in DK:
http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/1050/# Statistics showing women has fought for equal rights – e.g. salaries since 1875 but still not there yet.Discuss why you think it is like that and what can be done to improve it?
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NetworkWhat, When and Why Networking?
How do I build my network in the Danish business society?
Inspirational Steps
Links Outcome
Use social media! http://www.linkedin.com/dansk Revise all your contacts at Linkedin – do a segmentation and make your top priorities vs. your different interest areas or goals
Attend minimum 1 networking event every quarter!
Search on the website:-Eventbrite-Facebook-Linkedin-MBW-Through your network
Get minimum 2 relevant contacts with your every time!
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Danish cultureGoes and No-goes in Danish business environment?
What is Danish humor?How is Danish culture different from your culture?
Inspirational Steps
Links Outcome
Test yourself as jobseeker in DKand good advices!
http://www.jobsamtalen.dk/test_jobsoeger.asp
Applicable if job search is one of the
primary goals!
Article about prejudices and lack of confidence!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223151945
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Start discussion about culture differences and
experiencesand about how to deal
with it!
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Make a decision and stick to it!How do you make your career plan?
How can you take ownership of your own career development?
Inspirational Steps Links Outcome
Your Career strategy- long termed
Templates:Smartdraw 2014
- Career goals created- Career strategy created
Tactical plan for yourgoals/strategy- short termed- use SMART goals, that are:
- Specific- Measurable- Aligned (with your surroundings, e.g, family) - Reaslistic- Timely
Tactial plan created with specific actions /deadline on all the 4 mentoring areas + personal/ skillbased areas
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SMART plan – example
GOALS
Specific (what are you to do)
Measurable (what is the output/evidence )
Aligned (any concerns?)
Reasonable (is it?)
Timely (when)
1) Get an overview of what to look for
List relevant companies and job role types Have top 10 list
only companies that I can reach from home within 1 hour ok
Before July 1 2014
2) How to look for opportunities/openings
Establish relevant network contacts through know sources,Find new contacts through new sources !
my profile is seen more? My profiles gets selected more from relevent key words?Define at least 5 new contacts through people/organizations you already know.Utilize new network options or other to establish connection to 5 NEW contacts.
what other benefits may an improved profile give you? Are there any other options / features in it that you have not yet used? Are you connected to others from the MBW network - should you be? Do you know someone who is really strong at this? Does your mentor use it - should you connect? Does your mentor know people in the companies you selected in your list?
cannot be sure my mentor wants to share all contacts - remember that it is my project !
Before August 2013
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Highly recommended:
- Any personal barriers? Use a coach not a mentor!
- Align with your mentor first!
- Coaches from Acuity World – see more: www.acuityworld.com
- First Step - contact Henrik Wenøe:
» Mastertrainer & CEO, Acuity World» E-mail: [email protected]» Tlf.no.: 44 48 69 69
Personal Leadership – Personal Communication – Personal coaching – Personal Selling
Eliminate your barriers with a Coach!
Mentoring program requirements
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Requirements :- Only for MBW members- Mentoring program fee: 150 dkk - Contact Justyna Nowak at [email protected]
Purpose and participants:
The purpose is to identify concrete, executable actions to improve multicultural womens positions up to top management positions in the Danish business environment.
MBW Think Tank will have around 10-20 female participants from the Danish business environment – from the private and public sector as well as from the different political parties. MBW Think Tank meetings are held 2-3 times annually.
Politicians: Business environment:Liv Holm Andersen - (RV) Mona Blønd – E&Y PartnerFatma Øktem - (V) Bodil Ismiris – Director, Lederne Yildiz Akdogan - (S) Lotte Andersen - HR Leader, ISSHeidi Wang – (LA) Bolette Christensen - Director, Børnefonden Özlem Cekic, (SF) Camilla Kampman – Vice President, Oracle
Naghme Ashabi – Social advisor, Rødovre municipalityLouise Koch – CSR manager, Dansk Erhverv
Sanila Rana Founder & Chairman, MBW
MBW Think Tank
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MBW - Website
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