Global Leadership Program Leading Partner Kick-Off Webinar May - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2019/2020 Women in Wind Global Leadership Program

Kick-Off Webinar May 2019

Leading Partner Supporting Partners Presented by: GWNET and GWEC

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Structure

• A big congratulations to our selected participants and thank you to our

mentors and Partners!

• Program vision
• Empower women in the energy sector in order to increase women

representation at managerial & decision making levels

• Develop concrete career goals and implementation plan
• Facilitate novel ideas & encouraging female entrepreneurs
• Boost personal confidence
• Prepare next generation women leaders
• Networking opportunities
• Foster social change, energy transition & climate action
• Brief background on GWEC and GWNET

Introduction

• Represents the entire wind energy sector, with members representing

more than 1,500 companies, organisations and institutions in over 80 countries, including manufacturers, developers, component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies.

• Intelligence
• Market intelligence, policy analysis, technical expertise
• Advocacy
• Communicating the benefits of wind power
• Collaboration
• Sharing best practices and connecting stakeholders

About GWEC

https://gwec.net/

GWEC Members and Associations

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• GWNET aims to advance the global energy transition by

connecting and empowering women working in sustainable energy in both developed and emerging/developing countries.

• Networking
• Connecting women
• Advocacy
• Generating and sharing information
• Services
• Mentoring, coaching & training, projects

About GWNET

http://www.globalwomennet.org/

GWNET Strategic Partners

Introduction Timeline Mentorship Programming Communications Q&A

Structure

2019 April May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan

Mentorship Program

Monthly virtual interactions

Learning & Development

Knowledge transfer webinars Visit to Europe “Inspiring Change“

Storytelling

Spotlight interviews / Partner content Social media Achievement Ceremony Campus Tour Frequent blog posts on GWEC website Social media campaigns, #womeninwind (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube) Kick-Off

Kick-Off Webinar Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Selection Webinar 1 Webinar 2 Webinar 3 Webinar 4 Webinar 5 Diversity Assessment Participant Action Steps

• Campus tour in Europe in the fall
• Tentative dates: Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October, 2019
• Visits will be arranged, likely to UK and Germany
• Achievement ceremony
• Tentative dates: Friday 10 January – Sunday 12 January, 2020
• Visit will be arranged, likely to Abu Dhabi and Masdar City
• Please email womeninwind@gwec.net if there are any foreseeable

conflicts regarding travel / visas.

Timeline: Key Dates

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• Mentees
• Junior & middle management positions
• Global representation
• Mentors
• Professional spectrum: executives, industry leaders, seasoned professionals and

eminent experts

• Global representation

Mentorship: Mentoring Tandem

Mentorship: Benefits

Mentees

Gaining experience from seasoned professionals Enhancing strengths, overcoming weaknesses Concrete goals & career- enhancing activities Personal development: potentials, competencies, values Innovative ideas & strategic thinking

Mentors

Insights into other fields and younger generation issues Conscious reflection about one's

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Facilitating growth of young talents Encouraging women in the workforce Knowledge transfer and reputation as a mentor

• Discuss personal & professional experiences
• Make relevant contacts, enhance networks and get recommendations
• Access to research, data and publications; including new information

channels, and Information about key events

• Discuss concrete projects goals - tactics and strategies
• Develop and promote competencies
• Reflect on your own career path
• Other areas outlined by tandem

Mentorship: Catalogue of Possibilities

• Designed to encourage consistency and continuity of growth
• Series of monthly topics with thought-provoking questions, which can be

used as overarching guidelines for conversations

• Discretion on how much time to dedicate to topics is left up to the pair
• A “Spark” or wildcard prompt is included each month as an ice-breaker
• Please review the best practices in the Roadmap document

Mentorship: Roadmap

A Mentorship Roadmap is provided in the kick-off package

• Duly signed mentoring agreement
• Completed and signed by mentor and mentee
• Stays with mentor & mentee
• Once signed please inform the GWNET Secretariat accordingly(no need to

share the signed agreement)

• Productive interaction - scheduled dates - specific time frame
• Minimum of one monthly meeting
• Average 1 – 1,5 hours per month
• Meeting format is the decision of the tandems
• Recommendation: one personal meeting (if feasible)
• Shared contacts and networking opportunities

Mentorship: Framework Conditions

A Mentorship Agreement is provided in the kick-off package

• Voluntary
• Openness and confidentiality
• Commitment to mentor - mentee agreement
• Respect agreed schedule and other mentoring arrangements

Mentorship: Code of Conduct

• Time and commitment
• Clarity about goals
• Appreciative working relationship
• Diverse work programme

Mentorship: Success Factors

• Therapy replacement
• Pure career advice or planning
• Platform for private problems
• Vertical: classical teacher – student relations
• Reference “Excluded Topics” in Mentorship Agreement in instances

where mentor and mentee work for competing companies

Mentorship: What Mentoring Should Not Be

Introduction Timeline Mentorship Programming Communications Q&A

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• Exclusive “closed-door panels” with female domain experts in the sector
• Knowledge acquisition
• Network-building and communication skills
• Five webinars will be held from June to December 2019
• One hour in length, likely held on a weekday morning (CET)
• Topics will cover:

1. Engineering and Technological Innovation 2. Offshore Wind 3. Women and Work-Life Balance 4. Project Management / Financing 5. Market Intelligence, Business Development and Personal Branding

Programming: Knowledge-Transfer Webinars

• Mission statement to increase gender diversity and drive equality and

women empowerment → how to effect meaningful, positive change?

• A framework to achieve small-scale diversity-positive step changes

within the sector, as well as widescale promotion of gender diversity

• Participant Actions
• Diversity Assessment – informal survey about diversity profile of your
• rganization, which does not need to be shared with the program
• Action Steps – three small-scale actions to increase gender diversity and

inclusivity in your environments by January 2020

• Voluntary and personalized
• Participants are encouraged to share progress and work

through roadblocks with their mentors

Programming: “Inspiring Change”

A Diversity Assessment and Action Steps form are provided in the kick-off package

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Communications

Social Media #WomeninWind Blog Program Updates Gender Diversity News Press Coverage Trade Other

Introduction Timeline Mentorship Programming Communications Q&A

Structure

• 1. Review documents in the kick-off package
• 2. Establish mentor-mentee communication and set a time/format for the first

interaction in June 2019

• 3. Send professional headshot, short career bio and 1-2 sentence testimonial

(“Why did you join this program?”) to womeninwind@gwec.net

• 4. Participants should undertake the Diversity Assessment and begin thinking

about their three action steps

• 5. Sign the Mentorship Agreement during your first mentor-mentee interaction

Next Steps