Becoming a Mentee
WUN offers free mentoring to women at every stage of their career in the utilities sector.
Our WUN mentors bring a wealth of skills, knowledge and experience from across the sector — from senior leaders to near peers who may simply be one step ahead of you.
Mentoring is centred on continuous improvement and is all about you building a relationship with someone.
The mentor/mentee relationship is around helping the mentee develop and build on where they are, where they want to be, or to help with specific personal development needs.
Why have a mentor?
Having a mentor can be a powerful way to support your career and professional development. Mentoring provides an opportunity to learn from someone with different experiences, gain new perspectives and build your confidence.
Mentoring can help you:
- Develop new skills and capabilities
- Build professional relationships and networks
- Increase self-awareness and confidence
- Identify areas for personal and career development
- Explore challenges and find new ways to solve problems
- Gain a fresh perspective when making career decisions
- Support your ongoing personal and professional growt
Our Mentoring Platform allows you to upload your profile and find the right Mentor for you.
Why is mentoring beneficial?
Mentoring should be a mutually beneficial relationship where both the mentor and mentee expand their knowledge.
For example, a younger mentee just starting their career may bring a great deal of knowledge to a seasoned mentor of new trends and challenges in the current professional landscape, and how to motivate younger employees.
Ready to get started?
JOIN WUN FOR FREE to participate in the WUN mentoring programme.
Our WUN Mentoring Platform makes it simple to get started.
Create your profile, explore potential mentors and find someone whose experience and skills align with your development goals.
Once matched, the platform supports you throughout your mentoring journey with meeting prompts to help you stay connected, development planning to help you focus on your goals plus resources & guidance to support your mentoring relationship.
Follow this link to our mentoring platform.
Find out more….
Why not watch the WUN mentoring video podcast of a round table discussion with WUN partners: Rachel Littlewood, BFY & Sophia Goring, Business Stream and Women in Utilities Awards winner of Mentor of the Year, chatting with WUN Co- Founder Jo Butlin & Karen Anderson, WUN Programme Development Manager.
They discuss:
💡 The value of mentoring for personal and career growth
🗺️ What career mapping means
👩💼 Inspiring stories and practical advice from industry leaders
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take the next step, this podcast is packed with insights to help you thrive.
Blog: How mentoring can help with Imposter Syndrome.
Have you ever achieved something important, only to hear a little voice in your head whisper, “you just got lucky” or “they’ll soon realise you don’t really know what you’re doing”? If so, you are not alone, so much so, that it has a name: imposter syndrome. In academic research it is called the impostor phenomenon, and it describes the experience of doubting your abilities despite clear evidence that you are capable, skilled and deserving of your success.
It can show up in all sorts of ways. You might brush off positive feedback, over-prepare for meetings, compare yourself unfavourably with others, avoid putting yourself forward, or worry that one mistake will expose you. From the outside, you may look calm and competent. On the inside, it can feel like you are paddling furiously beneath the surface, hoping no one notices……
Would you like to become a WUN Mentee
Follow this link to our mentoring platform.
Please also be aware that to join our mentoring programme you must also be a member of the WUN. Click here to join for free!
If you would like to join the platform and are already a member but need your membership number please get in touch to [email protected]
“Regardless of your title or years of experience, we can learn from each other. Through mentoring and by being open we learn we can reach our ultimate potential”
Lily Benjamin