part 2
Mentoring with Dani Almeida
Mentoring The mentoring took place in parallel to Colaboradora’s Specialties stage and represented an opportunity to offer individual guidance to each entrepreneur. We realized that the choice of mentors was strategic and, therefore, we based ourselves on a study of the participants’ profiles and aspirations. We selected peripheral people with successful experiences in social business, female leadership, fashion, design, and cultural production. It was important that they had the wisdom to help the colabs look beyond the immediate moment, lower their anxiety, and plan ahead.
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tip: Mentors need to have a personal connection with their mentees and be seen by them as role models. Their role is to ask good questions and support decision-making processes. Specific technical knowledge is often less important than sensitivity and personal connection.
The mentoring was divided between an open session with all participants and individual meetings. Each mentor supported a up to three colabs. And, for maximum inspiration, one of the meetings was held at their own workplace. Colaboradora - ENTERPRISES FOR CHANGE
