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Mentee
As a Thrive mentee(typically with above 5 years of work experience), you will be engaged in a structured mentoring relationship that lasts for 6 months after you have been matched with a mentor during the mentor-mentee matching event. During these 6 months, you are expected to meet with your mentor for at least an hour each month. Attendance at the mentor/mentee matching event is critical to ensure that we find the best-fit mentor for you.
What’s in it for you?
3 learning events: Launch, Structured Networking, Closure
6 mentoring sessions
2 Mentee Learning Community calls
Mentoring journey documentation and access to a local community
Thrive Certificate on successful completion
JOIN AS A
Mentor
As a Thrive mentor (typically with above 15 years of work experience), you will be engaged in a structured mentoring relationship that lasts for 6 months after you have been matched during the mentor-mentee matching event. During these 6 months, you are expected to meet with your mentee for at least an hour each month. Attendance of the mentor/mentee matching event is critical to ensure that we find the best fit mentee for you.
What’s in it for you?
3 learning events: Launch, Structured Networking, Closure
6 mentoring sessions
2 Mentor Learning Community calls
Mentoring skills documentation and on-demand learning modules and access to a local community
Thrive Certificate on successful completion
JOIN AS A
Cohort Leader
As a Thrive Cohort Leader in your city, an exciting and rewarding learning experience awaits you which will expose you to:
Community Building – a key competency for leaders in our hyper-connected world.
A powerful network of women who will become friends and a resource to tap into for years to come
The inner workings of the leadership team of a dynamic, cutting-edge global organization that works on the principles of radical generosity and conscious leadership.
Your Journey In The Program
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Mentors and mentees collaborate for 6 months to work on the mentee’s personal development and professional goals.
Mentees go on to achieve excellent outcomes in a variety of areas, including rewriting business plans and strategies, launching a new business, increasing confidence, developing skills, expanding their professional network, and more!
Mentors experience similar benefits, including understanding new cultures or industries, improving their listening, communication, and leadership abilities, and contributing to the success of another individual and their business.
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The launch event has a tradition of creating a magical evening for the whole team. The founder, regional lead, cohort leaders, mentors & mentees are all present and come together to commit to a transformational journey. The agenda includes networking, food & drinks but also a presentation led by our founder Shivangi Walke, on mentoring. It’s what sets the tone for the next 6 months.
The Matching Technique has been perfected over 30+ launches since the start. We pre-match each mentee to 3 mentors who are best suited to their needs based on their registration forms and then they meet for 12 minutes each during the matching rounds. Following the chemistry test, they put their preferences down which helps cohort leaders match them to the best of their ability.
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Each mentee and mentor are matched within 24 hours of the launch event which triggers a set of emails with resources like their contact details, mentoring contract, meeting review template, guides for both mentors & mentees, and more.
Mentees are advised to take initiative and set the first meeting with their mentor. Following this, the organization team triggers a series of emails to support each pair with resources, reminders, and any support they need.
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Pulse Check Calls are set with mentors & mentees separately 2 or more times in the 6-month journey by cohort leaders. It is to monitor progress and check in with each pair to see how each mentoring pair is doing.
Mentors usually share progress and any issue they have been facing which is then managed by cohort leaders’ help or with the advice from peer mentors.
Mentees also share how their relationships are going and in case of any unmet expectations, cohort leaders step in to manage the relationship.
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Our Power Networking Event is the midpoint of each cohort. According to a study published in the Journal of Human Relations by SAGE Publishing, what stops most women from networking is their self-imposed barrier such as gendered modesty, a tendency to undersell their values and strengths, and a reluctance to use their connections to advance in their careers.
Power Networking Events have a structure that encourages everyone to put forward an ask and get a solution from everyone in the room in return. This event is to ensure better relationships in the cohort beyond the mentor-mentee pairs and also to understand the value of networking.
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Community building is a continuous process where collective efforts are taken to create an inclusive and equitable space. A space that ensures holistic development. And we encourage you to keep being a part of ours.
Closure event marks the end of the 6 month journey but we encourage members to use our global networking platform to keep interacting with members and also join our events.
We celebrate the wonderful mentoring journeys of our cohort members during this event where they share highlights and learnings.
We commemorate the journeys with a Thrive Certificate of completion, a matter of pride for most Thrivers who have taken the effort to complete their mentoring programme.
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Our dedicated support team assists the pairs throughout their journey.
Webinars
Monthly webinars offer business advice on various topics led by experts from our network. Past topics have included: communicating with confidence, balancing life and work responsibilities, and taking the next step in your career.
What People Are Saying
“I believe this would be one of the best experiences in my life.”
— Heidi M
“She helped me make my next career move.”
— Anna S
FAQs
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A mentor is a person who can support, advise and guide you. They typically take the time to get to know you and the challenges you're facing and then use their understanding and personal experience to help you improve.
What a mentor isn't:
❌ While a mentor can provide invaluable support and guidance across a range of topics including mental health, they are not a therapist. It is important to establish this with all parties participating in mentoring.
❌ A mentor is not the same as a coach. Coaches are paid for and provide time-bound teaching on specific topics.
❌ Mentoring is not a magic cure. While mentoring can support a range of development goals and has many benefits for both parties and organizations, it isn’t going to fix everything. There are many complementary ways to develop your people alongside mentoring.
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In addition to profile information such as LinkedIn, TwM collects information from mentors around their strengths and mentees around their needs.
Based on this information, and potentially additional conversations, Thrive cohort leaders pre-match each mentee with up to 3 possible mentors and also each mentor with up to 3 possible mentees. During the launch event - these pre-matched pairs have conversations, which are about getting to know each other and feeling the chemistry.
Both mentors and mentees are asked to specify their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd preferences. The matches are finalized to maximize preference choices.
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No. Mentoring is extremely personal and individualized. Eac mentee and mentor work on very different topics from session to session depending on the mentee's needs and goals. Thrive offers several resources like mentoring contract, meeting review template and other optional tools for pairs to use. We have a mentor training video series and cohort leaders regularly check-in with each pair an offer support if needed.
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The mentor is asked to make a symbolic contribution towards the administration costs to keep the fee for the mentee realistic and to ensure her commitment to the batch.
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In addition to profile information such as LinkedIn, mentors provides Thrive with information around their strengths and mentees around their needs.
Based on this information, and potentially additional conversations, Thrive cohort leaders pre-match each mentee with upto 3 possible mentors and also each mentor with upto 3 possible mentees. During the launch event - these pre-matched pairs have conversations, which are about getting to know each other and feel the chemistry.
Both mentors and mentees are asked to specify their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd preferences. The matches are finalised to maximise preference choices.
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Thrive is a volunteer led organisation with a few paid employees. We also cross subsidise Thrivers in low income countries like India. The registration fees are used to pay employees and running costs such as a website, social media channels, the online community/learning platform, event related costs (COVID allowing) and other administrative costs to run a global non-profit organization such as insurance etc.
As a part of the 6-month mentoring program,
Mentees benefit from 6-8 mentoring meetings 3 in – person/virtual events (COVID driven) : Launch event, Structured Networking Event, Closure event, access to an online community and learning platform and early access to Thrive skill building workshops through our ‘Live from Thrive’ platform.
Mentors offer the 6-8 mentoring meetings and benefit from 3 in – person events/virtual events (COVID driven) : Launch event, Structured Networking Event, Closure event, monthly mentor support calls, and early access to access to Thrive skill building workshops through our ‘Live from Thrive’ platform.
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We have a few sustaining, mid, and give scholarships available every year. These scholarships reduce the program fee by 10%, 20%, and 30% respectively. When you select the sustaining and mid options, it allows us to give more scholarships to those who wouldn't otherwise be able to join. We would love to be able to support you in joining the program if the full program fees are not within your means for you this year.
If you are BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, if you are a single mother, if you work in a low-income field, or if you are experiencing financial hardship, please know that you can apply for one of our scholarships.