Olga Maximova has built a career in international diplomacy and crisis management, and after nearly a decade she shifted into mission-driven work, helping organizations secure sustainable funding and guiding women to grow with confidence and self-trust. As she says, “I don’t measure success only in money raised, I measure how confident my clients become, how boldly they can articulate their value, and how they grow as leaders.” Today, as a longtime mentor at Femme Palette, Olga supports women in defining their own meaningful version of life and leadership, grounded in self-sufficiency, resilience, and community.
Tipsport approached us when the company wanted to try out a different approach to talent development and decided to enroll selected employees to the leadership and mentoring program. The company wanted to give its leaders who have been in their roles for several years an opportunity to learn 1:1 from external mentors. To the Leadership program participants, we also offered leadership-focused workshops to combine group learning with a personal approach. We talked to Irma Marić, L&D Specialist at Tipsport, about the impact mentoring has had on Tipsport employees and how it has helped them grow in their roles.
Mariia Naumovets was a Femme Palette mentee, who just finished our Mentoring program. She a Trainer for PisaSales CRM system and an ICF ACC Coach with a background in Cognitive Science and research.. In this spotlight interview, we asked Mariia about her journey towards becoming a trainer and a coach, how she made the switch from academia to a full-time job, what the biggest challenges she faced making the career pivot and so much more.
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.
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.
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.
Last time we talked with some of our most active mentors about their experiences, and learned some wonderful insights about mentoring. We decided to pick up the conversation again with three other mentors who are among the most active - meet Pavla, Adriana, and Simon, and learn how mentoring has enriched them, which mentoring moments they cherish the most, and how working with a mentor can impact you.
