Learn how Back Up Trust streamlined their mentoring program admin and levelled up reporting to increase stakeholder accountability and scale their impact. In this fireside chat held in September 2024, award-winning program coordinators Jacques Liebenberg and Roman Maczkiewicz joined us to talk about how how Back Up Trust has achieved sustainable mentoring success by: Streamlining program management and reporting; and Leveraging rich data and robust reporting to stay accountable to sponsors and donors PLUS: Get some firsthand insight into how these improvements have allowe ..read more

Elevate your approach to mentoring - learn what's behind one of 2023's most impactful mentoring programs. In this exclusive fireside chat with the award-winning mentoring program coordinators at Australian private insurance company nib, Talent & Capability Lead Andrew Corfield and Learning & Organisational Development Advisor Kate Lloyd spent some time chatting with Mentorloop’s Co-Founder & COO Heidi Holmes and Head of Customer Success for APAC, Georgia Pascoe about their impactful mentoring program which launched in 2022. They shared their insights and experiences ..read more

Meet Lisa Faldon, mentor of one of our previous guests, Gemma Friedberg. Prior to being a mentor in the IPAA mentoring program, Lisa already had an interest in mentoring, even exploring the topic in her postgraduate studies. In this episode, Lisa shares her insights on the benefits of a formal, structured mentoring program, what made her and Gemma’s relationship work so well, and what she believes to be one of the keys to an effective mentoring relationship ..read more

Join our Co-Founder Heidi Holmes as she chats with Merredith Murphy and Mary Grech of Fitted for Work - a not-for-profit organisation that is committed to helping disadvantaged and underrepresented women in the community find work, keep work, and navigate their world of work.   In this episode, Merredith and Mary talk about the role their mentoring program plays in the work that they do and how it has grown over the years. They also share some fantastic stories of growth and transformation - a testament to the importance of the work they do and of mentoring relationships in society ..read more

Sometimes it takes someone outside of your immediate circle to show you what you need at a certain point in time. In Gemma Friedberg’s case, she assumed that joining the IPAA mentoring program would just be a step in preparing her to move up in her career, as well as a chance to network. What she didn’t anticipate was that on top of that, she would gain was a renewed perspective on dealing with uncertainty and growing resilience, and the confidence to be just that little bit braver in her endeavours ..read more

As a young, female engineer in the largely male-dominated mining industry, Renee Gaspar knew that her experience would hold some unique challenges. In this episode, Renee shares how drawing from her mentor Drew Noble's extensive experience has opened her up to new ideas and perspectives that otherwise would have been difficult to find given the lack of female leadership in the industry ..read more

Meet Nick Mehta, CEO of customer success company Gainsight. In this episode, we join him on a walk as he chats with Mentorloop co-founder and COO Heidi Holmes about the culture at Gainsight, how connections are made and maintained across teams in their organisation, the value mentors get from mentoring, and more.  ..read more

Sometimes confidence comes from seeing others taking their own leaps. Seeing Robert transition in his career from spending ten years in litigation to moving in-house as a lawyer for a mineral extraction company, Claudia connected with Robert to learn more about his experience ..read more

"You don't have to be perfect to be a mentor or mentee" - Julie Schaeffer In our last episode, you met Carrie Norton - a mentor in the Women Offshore mentoring program. And today, you'll meet one of her mentees - Julie Schaeffer. Julie shares her mentoring experience and how her teaching background may lead the way to become a mentor herself, driven by the need to help other people succeed ..read more

The Women Offshore Foundation is a nonprofit supporting the careers of female seafarers worldwide. Mentorloop proudly supports its founder, Ally Cedeno, to bring their community mentoring program to life.  In this episode, we hear from mentor Carrie Norton. She shares with us her experience of many years on the water, the challenges that her unique working environment presents such as starting a family and how she supports other women excel an incredibly male-dominated industry ..read more