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ICON Mentoring

Mentoring is strong within the ICON community and this facilitated program actively connects mentors and mentees in the same geographic region.


ICON’s most senior members take pride in giving back to the profession via mentoring relationships and mentees benefit from the significant experience and networks of these leaders.


ICON’s mentoring program encourages mentees to take ownership of their own goals and aspirations and actively seek advice from their mentors. Mentors encourage mentees to identify current and future challenges, helping them to become prepared and resilient professionals.


Mentors also benefit from the program by polishing their leadership skills and getting fresh perspectives from younger professionals.


The ICON Mentor Program is delivered through the Regional Committees. Please contact your local committee for more information.


The program encourages mentees to:

Identify goals and create strategies to achieve these goals

Receive advice and networking opportunities

Confront and discuss existing challenges

Identify their next challenge

Mentors will benefit from:

Developing their own leadership skills while helping others to develop theirs

Learning from mentees’ innovative ideas and concepts

Developing creative solutions to challenges presented by the mentee

Helping to shape the careers of marketers within professional services

Giving back to the professional services sector  which they have been part of for many years    

There are both immediate and long term benefits for mentees:

Strategies and tools for achieving career aspirations

A stronger sense of professional self

Increased self esteem and confidence

Improvement in existing skills and development of new skills

An insight into leadership and management roles

Increased networking opportunities    

ICON MENTORING PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBER CONTACTS


New South WalesLuke Wilson
Laura Gray
Contact Luke
Contact Laura

QueenslandKaren Kalkaus
Contact Karen
 
The best mentor and mentee relationships are often those which develop naturally on their own accord over time. The ICON mentoring program is designed to simply kick-start the mentoring process by connecting mentees to mentors they would perhaps be unable to connect with outside the program. Once connected, it is up to the mentor and mentee as to how they structure and maintain their professional relationship. It is expected that many relationships will continue to grow and prosper once the six month program is complete.


Mentoring Events

Upcoming events

  • ICON QLD: 2018 Mentoring Program

    • 11 July 2018
    • 12:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
    • 31 December 2018
    • 12:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
    • Queensland

    The ICON Queensland committee is excited to invite you to be part of the 2018 Mentoring Program. The program will facilitate mentoring relationships with B2B BD, marketing and communications professionals resulting in a mutually beneficial professional development relationship.

    Our aim is to enhance a mentees ability in their current role, with mentors providing guidance and strategies that will allow them to improve performance and confidence. Mentors will benefit from developing their leadership skills and shaping the careers of marketers within B2B organisations.

    We would like to stress that the program seeks to cater for all career stages. We will go through a process of matching mentees with mentors according to career stage and personal requirements detailed on the registration form.

    Program overview

    The program will officially run from July to December 2018, with one scheduled meeting each month, or more if mutually agreed between the mentor and mentee. The suggested length of each meeting is one hour, and can be arranged at a time, date and location suitable for the mentor and mentee. We suggest catching up at a café over coffee. Additional communication may include phone or email interaction, depending what is agreed by both parties.

    There will be a casual launch event towards the end of June to provide participants with the opportunity to meet their program pairing and other participants. Details to be confirmed upon registration. A summary of the details and how to register is below:

    Program details:

    Duration: July - December 2018 
    Fees for mentees: ICON Members: $78 (inc. GST) 
    Non-Members: $99 (inc. GST) An invoice will be issued to mentees by the ICON accounts team.
    Fees for mentors: You pay only with your time and knowledge
    Registration: Please complete the relevant form and return to Karen Kalkaus by 11 July 2018. Mentoring program application pack


    If you have questions on the program please contact Karen Kalkaus

    We look forward to welcoming you to the Queensland ICON Mentoring Program!

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  • ICON NSW: 2018/19 Mentoring Program

    • 01 September 2018
    • 12:00 PM (UTC+10:00)
    • 01 March 2019
    • (UTC+11:00)
    • NSW

    ICON NSW Mentoring Program Launch

    The ICON NSW Committee is excited to launch the 2018/19 Mentoring Program.

    For those of you not already familiar with it, this ICON initiative is designed to increase influence, build collaboration, and extend the opportunity to network among B2B professionals.

    The aim of this program is to enhance a mentee’s abilities in their current role through connecting them with the experience of a mentor within our community. Through providing guidance and strategies that will allow mentee’s to improve their performance and confidence, this program will create an influential contribution to the mentee’s career. Mentors will also benefit from developing their leadership skills and shaping the careers of future B2B professionals.

    As with our prior year’s programs, this year we will run two programs – one for junior-mid level B2B professionals (Assistant through to Advisor/Executive) and one for our senior cohort of B2B professionals (Manager and above).

    Our junior-mid level program will run in a similar fashion to previous years with one scheduled meeting each month for a total of six meetings, or more if mutually agreed between the mentor and mentee. The suggested length of each meeting is one hour and can be arranged at a time, date and location suitable for both parties – we suggest catching up at a café over coffee. Additional communication may include phone or email interaction, again depending on what is agreed upon between you.

    The senior program will run in the same way as the junior-mid level program, however, it is designed to act as an "ideas network" for senior B2B professionals – sharing ideas across non-competing industries in a confidential environment. We suggest that the mentor and mentee meet on six occasions, however, this will again be at the discretion of the mentor and mentee. (Mentors from the junior program are, of course, also welcome to apply to be a mentee in the senior program.)

    REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

    Please download and complete the application pack (found by clicking here) and submit to your ICON NSW Committee Mentoring Program contacts by Friday, 7 September. When completing the form, please be sure to indicate if your application relates to the junior or the senior program.

    PROGRAM CONTACTS

    Luke Wilson (lwilson2@deloitte.com.au)

    Laura Gray (laura.gray@ashurst.com)

    Once you have submitted the form and have been matched with your mentor/mentee, the ICON NSW accounts team will invoice mentees.

    Please note that spaces in each program are limited so don’t delay in submitting your application!

    COST FOR PARTICIPATION

    ICON Member - Mentee: $88 (GST incl.)

    Non-member - Mentee: $99 (GST incl.)

    Mentors pay only with their time and knowledge.

    PROGRAM LAUNCH

    Once you have been paired with your mentor/mentee you will receive an email from one of the program contacts advising you of the pairing and introducing you to one another. The program will officially run from September 2018 through March 2019, and there will be a mentor/mentee “meet and greet” event in September (details to follow).

    Again, if you have any questions about the program, please get in touch with your NSW Committee Mentoring Program contacts:

    Luke Wilson (lwilson2@deloitte.com.au)

    Laura Gray (laura.gray@ashurst.com)

    We hope the benefits for all will be numerous, and that you are as excited about this program as we are. We look forward to receiving your application!

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