What is mentoring?
Mentoring is about you, your development and where you want to go next.
It’s an opportunity to build a supportive relationship with someone who can share their experience, offer a different perspective, help you work through challenges and support your personal and professional development.
Your mentoring relationship might focus on:
- Building confidence
- Developing new skills
- Navigating career decisions
- Preparing for your next career step
- Developing leadership skills
- Working through a specific challenge
- Exploring your goals and aspirations
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach. You and your mentor decide what you want to achieve from the relationship.
Who are our mentors?
We’re privileged to have a diverse network of WUN mentors with a wide range of skills, experience and perspectives.
Our mentors include senior leaders, experienced professionals and near peers from across the utilities sector.
You don’t need to be looking for a new role or facing a particular challenge to benefit from mentoring. Sometimes, having someone outside your own organisation to talk to, share ideas with and learn from can help you see your next step more clearly.
What can you expect?
The suggested commitment is 8–10 hours over 6–9 months — approximately one meeting every 6–8 weeks.
You and your mentor can agree a schedule that works for you, based on your goals and availability.
Mentoring is about continuous improvement, learning and growth — and making the most of the experience and knowledge within our utilities community.
Why mentoring matters
Mentoring can benefit both the mentee and the mentor.
For mentees, it can provide valuable support, encouragement, new perspectives and practical guidance.
For mentors & organisations supporting mentoring it can help create opportunities for development, strengthen connections and contribute to a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
Note you can benefit as a WUN mentee & also be a WUN mentor – ‘giving back’ to others.
Ready to get started?
JOIN WUN FOR FREE to participate in the WUN mentoring programme.
Mentoring a Neurodivergent Person: Key Considerations for Mentors
In the UK 15% to 20% of adults are neurodivergent. It is therefore important for individuals and society to understand neurodiversity. As we recognise Neurodiversity Pride Day on 16th June, we wanted to consider the key considerations for a mentor to support a neurodivergent mentee.
Neurodivergence is an umbrella term that can include autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia and other cognitive differences. No two people are the same, so mentors should avoid assumptions and ask the mentee what support is actually helpful. The mentor should recognise that their role is not to fix differences but to understand how the mentee thinks, communicates and works best.
Read full blog here.
