Mentorship: Ladies, Let’s Pay It Forward

An article that I wrote four months ago for The Huffington Post has been getting attention again on Twitter.  Hopefully, you don’t mind that I’m re-sharing the article with you as well.   The message about those of us who have great corporate experiences to share and needing to step up to be there for others who need our guidance to help them on their career path is still very much a pertinent issue.

I hope you feel inspired to look around you and see what young woman in your workplace you could lend your support to.

All my best,

Marion

 Mentorship:  Ladies, Let’s Pay It Forward

The world has transitioned from the mantra “ask and you shall receive” to a much more effective model of “give and you shall receive.”

Brendon Burchard

We just celebrated the International Day of the Girl, which is a wonderful initiative to recognize girls’ rights and value the contributions of young women everywhere.  The goal is to ensure more girls world-wide receive the education and support they need to fulfill their potential.  In the US, we’ve been fortunate to see the number of women with a higher education increasing.  The Census Bureau has reported that among those employed, between 25 year olds and older, 37 percent of women had attained a bachelor’s degree or more as of 2010, compared with 35 percent of men.  While we’re making progress with educational attainment in this country, we still have work ahead of us to ensure that women receive the support they need to fulfill their potential once they enter the corporate world.

In what aspect you might ask.  I recently attended a workshop led by an author who had written a book geared toward leading women to reinvent themselves and dare to build a life that results in happiness in both their personal and career lives.  During the Q&A, one attendee asked the author if she had any female mentors who had influenced her and to share her experiences.   The author responded that she really didn’t have any specific female mentors, but had drawn from books by female authors to help her in her own journey.  There was a lot of head nodding in the audience.  I thought about my own experiences and could relate.  Over the past 10 years, I’ve had mostly male mentors to guide me along on my own career journey and have read lots and lots of books.  However, it hadn’t always been this way.  Read more at:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marion-chamberlain/mentorship-ladies-pay-forward_b_1965276.html.

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