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Mentees' experience

We have helped over 1,000 people with their career challenges - from growing in their roles, learning new skills, making a career change to looking for a new job. Read below what our mentees say about their experience with the program.
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Sonam Garrigan
Associate Business Manager
SThree
Grew as a leader and person.
This programme was so valuable to me, I gained so much from it and would highly recommend to others. I had 3 key objectives at the beginning of the sessions which my mentor Valerie and I worked on together, Valerie was able to draw on her previous experiences to help me with some of my objectives and provided me with great techniques that I will continue to use moving forward. I really feel as though this programme and Valerie have helped me grow as a leader and a person.
Mentor:
Valerie Nilsson, Product strategy lead, Google Workspace at Google
Finished:
Nov/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Stefania Dalle Pezze
Head of Business Processes and Systems
Make
I gained a toolbox of ideas.
I had a great experience with my mentor Rana. She suggested great trainings, initiatives, approaches and challenged my way of thinking or acting in order to help me grow in my current role and move towards my mid-term goals. Now I have a toolbox full of ideas I can pick from everyday.
Mentor:
Rana Ozseker, Change, Transformation & Impact Management Lead at RNA Change Management
Finished:
Jan/2024
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Hiral Chauhan
People and Culture Manager
OSL Retail Services
Able to drive change.
My mentor, Michelle, has helped me be more thoughtful and broaden my thinking which has helped me uncover win-win outcomes and lead with authenticity. I have been able to better lead with influence and inspire others to drive impactful change.
Mentor:
Michelle Davies, VP People at one-five
Finished:
Dec/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Danielle Teixeira
Project Manager
Tighe & Bond
A transformative experience.
This mentoring program has been a transformative experience. I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor than Bisha to help me along this journey. She encouraged, pushed, and most importantly empowered me to reach my goals. I'm a more confident and effective leader because of this program.
Mentor:
Bisha Chakravorty, Principal Consultant at Clarasys
Finished:
Nov/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Lucy Earnshaw
Associate Director
SThree
New insights & challenges.
My mentor Katie really listened, was able to consistently offer new insights and had a gentle way of challenging me. I am incredibly happy with the programme and takeaways.
Mentor:
Katie Penner, Head of Sales Development Strategy & Enablement at Sendoso
Finished:
Nov/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Jennifer Chan
Interim Team Lead of Career Services Operations
CareerFoundry
Grew as a new leader.
Starting out in a new leadership role was nervewracking and having a mentor to support and provide guidance was truly a valuable asset. It was also great to use sessions to work on my own personal career goals and to gain knowledge that I would otherwise have not found on my own. This experience has taught me a lot that is so beneficial towards my professional development and personal goals.
Mentor:
Alena Khabibullina, Marketing, Student Recruitment and Business Development Manager at Toronto Metropolitan University International College
Finished:
Nov/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Monika Kuznik
Head of External Reporting
SThree
Grown as a leader.

The Mentoring Programme was excellent. My mentor Jana Kottasova from Mondelez helped me see my worth and potential. I have grown as a leader and I feel more confident about the future.

Mentor:
Jana Kottasova, VP Finance Shared Services & IT, global at Mondelez International
Finished:
Nov/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Denisa Banikova
Manager Procurement Services
Mann+Hummel Service s.r.o.
Gaining lots of inigshts.

Femme Palette is amazing initiative what helps me improve my Manager approach. I am so glad that I was a part of the conference and started to be part of community. With my mentor Lenka we are sharing so many insights and she is giving me good hints from her perspective. My next goal is to be Mentor as a part of Femme Palette as well. Thank you! :)


Mentor:
Lenka Estevez, Global HR Business Partner at HONEYWELL
Finished:
Mar/2023
Program:
Mentoring program
Vaclav Sochor
Head of Corporate Communications at Tipsport
Tipsport
Gained more insight into leadership skills.

It is priceless to have an incentive, reason, will, confidence ...and fun to share my job-related challenges with somebody as experienced, professional, helpful, listening, and warm like Christina. And, at the same time, to have an opportunity to go through difficult moments at her workplace. I definitely gained more insight into leadership skills and techniques and how to apply them to my everyday work life.

Mentor:
Christina Mann Harutyunyan, Head of EMEA Marketing operations at Adecco Group
Finished:
Feb/2023
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Denitsa Kostova
Marketing director
Resolute Software
Invaluable insights and tools.

I recently completed the Femme Palette leadership program, and I have to say, it was an incredible experience. The program provided me with invaluable insights and tools to develop my leadership skills, but what truly made the experience exceptional was my mentor. Yana's guidance, support, and expertise helped me to grow more than i ever imagined. I highly recommend the program to anyone looking to take their leadership to the next level.

Mentor:
Yana Stanishevskaya, Head of Marketing Conception & Production at Kaufland
Finished:
Feb/2O22
Program:
Leadership program
Abdallah Hamad
Team Lead
CareerFoundry
Inspired me and helped me grow.

I recommend FP Leadership to anyone trying to grow in their career as a leader (manager, team lead, etc). The mentoring sessions definitely helped me grow and learn new tools that I can employ in my role and the exchange with other participants in the workshops was inspiring!

Mentor:
Claire Dickson, Executive Coach
Finished:
Feb/2023
Program:
Leadership program
Zuzana Kojdjak
Prague PMO Lead & CIB PMO CoP Lead
Barclays
I was able to think out of the box.

If you have a chance to participate in Femme Palette mentoring program, make sure you do! I got absolutely amazing mentor Lilla who had a relevant experience and answer to almost all of my questions and she tremendously helped me to develop my leadership skills and out of the box thinking. A time well spent indeed!

Mentor:
Lilla Hornyak, Head of Operations at Glambou GmbH
Finished:
Oct/2022
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Abigail Parker
Associate Sales Team Manager
SThree
Learned so much in short time.

This has been a great experience, and I have learned so much in such a small amount of time. I thoroughly recommend this program to anyone looking to advance their leadership skills. I will take what I discussed with my coach into all areas of my professional life.

Mentor:
Alicja Szaraniec, Senior Director Commercial Sales - DACH, France, Nordics, Emerging Markets at Pluralsight
Finished:
Aug/2022
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Stefanie Bea
Sales Team Manager
SThree
Boosted confidence in my leadership skills.

I really profited a lot from the mentoring program. My mentor Nahal gave me very valuable feedback and was able to help me with different development points such as communication in situations under pressure.  I feel more confident about my leadership skills now . Not only me but also my team benefits from this in our daily business.

Mentor:
Nahal Smrckova, EMEA Deal Management, Manager MEA Services Drafting team at Oracle Czech
Finished:
Jul/2022
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Marta Kieronska
Payment & Banking Team Leader
SThree
I felt supported and listened to.

Mentoring sessions with Marta made me feel more confident as a leader and helped me with understanding  my working style better. I have felt supported and listened throughout the whole experience and already see the positive impact that the program has on my leadership skills, day to day work and team’s dynamic. Recommend to everybody who is looking for opportunities to develop their leadership skills!

Mentor:
Marta Mikulska, Leadership and Development Trainer at SAP
Finished:
Aug/2022
Program:
Mentoring program for companies
Laura Brady
Head of Brand & Creative at Fairo & Mentor & Events at Femme Palette
It changed by approach to leadership.

The Femme Palette Leadership course is excellent and a big thank you to my leadership mentor - Ayelet. The defining moment for me was becoming aware of my personality type  and how to harness these traits to become a successful leader. I understand more about myself, and with Ayelet’s help in particular, I have transformed the way I approach leadership. Through multiple different sessions, the Femme Palette course equips you with tools and the motivation, and best of all, you meet other inspiring leaders - that have now become my friends! I would recommend this course to any future or current leader.

Mentor:
Ayelet Halamish, Senior Project Manager at Wargaming
Finished:
Nov/2021
Program:
Leadership program
Lenka Drbalova
Content & Sustainability Manager
GLAMI
My mentor and I clicked instantly.

It was invaluable for me to be able to talk with my mentor Kate Funk about things regarding the team or the different situations I was facing throughout the six months. I was also inspired by the drive other women in the program had to learn and grow and to see that the things we are dealing with are often similar no matter our background and that we can learn a lot from each other. Since my mentor lives in Florida, we had our sessions online, but we really clicked from the very first one. I learned the importance of having to lead myself first before I can be of any use to anybody else. We went through our Gallup test results which helped me understand my strengths much more and I also got many great tips for hiring as it’s something I’m also responsible for in my team.

Mentor:
Kate Funk, HR Director at ShipMonk
Finished:
Dec/2020
Program:
Leadership program
Eva Vaculikova
Application Manager
Národní knihovna České republiky
A marvelous lifetime experience.

Femme Palette is a great visionary innovative enterprise on the market, full of bright inspiring people. For everyone, who wants to learn new skills, to network with outstanding professionals, leaders as well as incipient ambitious enthusiasts, to learn how to make an enterprise or who wants to become a leader, I recommend to go for a Femme Palette lecturing or leadership program. For me, lectures given by Petr Holik was a marvelous life-time experience. Within 12 lectures Petr has carefully navigated me through basics of programming skills in few languages (HTML, CSS and Python) and Git system in really brief time. The content of the lectures, personal skills of my lecturer, as well as personality fit was a great job. In the end I want to thank Femme Palette for making a cutting-edge projects to support women in learning new skills and in helping them become entrepreneurs leaders they want to be. I want to thank Petr Holik for being a great professional patient and warmhearted teacher. It was a marvelous transformative life-time experience. Femme Palette and Petr Holik, thank you very much. :)

Mentor:
Petr Holík, Freelance Software Engineer & Entrepreneur
Finished:
Mar/2020
Program:
Mentoring program
Anna Vaneckova
Lawyer
Wilsons
My mentor understood my struggles.

I initially wanted to try mentoring as I felt needed to work on myself more from the professional perspective. I was matched with my wonderful mentor, Lucie, who is from the same field as I am (law) which made my experience so much more valuable. She understood the struggles of the profession and was able to offer some great insights. Together we worked on my work-life balance, leadership and my soft skills, all of which I put into use everyday at work. While there is still room for improvement, I feel that I have came a great way since my first mentoring session with Lucie. Thank you, Femme Palette for organizing such a wonderful match.

Mentor:
Lucie Karalova, Lawyer
Finished:
Jan/2020
Program:
Mentoring program
Demet Dokmecier
Content Manager
GLAMI
Tackling daily problems and broad topics.

It has been a great experience so far and I truly appreciate the sessions with my mentor. We are able to tackle daily problems as well as work on broad topics that help me grow in the leadership position. She is always great at giving insights and suggestions, she helps me see different perspectives. I always leave the sessions with action points that I can apply during the following week, and find myself handling similar problems better after the sessions. I also trust her and appreciate her honesty. I feel that our sessions are naturally conversational and transparent so I share my thoughts easily as well. Namely, I have been very happy with the sessions and already feel that I have grown in certain ways.

Mentor:
Tereza Ticha, Early Talent Program Manager at Red Hat
Finished:
Apr/2021
Program:
Mentoring program