International Mentoring Day

We asked the participants of the Snowy Hydro Rise Women in Leadership Program: ‘Content that was relevant, timely and useful’ ‘Time to think strategically, and about what sort of leader I am’ ‘Developing the ability to step back and reflect on how I can best contribute to Snowy’ ‘The valuable insights from the unique perspective of my mentor’ ‘Meeting amazing women from across areas of the business I didn’t even know existed’ Leadership Programs are not just about professional growth. They build empowerment, connections, and a deeper strategic understanding about their organisation. Congratulations to the talented Snowy Hydro Rise Women.

Change can be exhilarating. We have just seen the most gender diverse cabinet in Australia’s history sworn into power and a billionaire announce the unprecedented spend of $200bn in 20 years to those in most need.   Within organisations, we’ve seen the rise of empathy and authenticity as sought after leadership qualities and tech transformations opening up customer insights, connections and careers.   It can also be hard. Exhausting in its relentlessness and overwhelming in its quantity. Trump has created a new frontier of global angst, market shifts and supply chain disruptions while businesses learn to adopt AI, review structures and manage wellbeing.   Accenture’s 2024 Pulse of Change Index reported an 183% increase in the rate of change since 2019. While global Gartner research found 77% of HR leaders say their organisation is suffering from change fatigue. Yet organisations and employees must rapidly adapt to succeed.  We work with leaders who have high expectations placed on them to effectively manage the stress of uncertainty and volume of change themselves, while leading others through it with purpose, empathy and optimism. Restructures, new ownership and market shifts are some of the changes our clients are working through.   For leaders, the ability to manage […]

McCarthy Mentoring is delighted to have supported Eyes of Hope co-Founder Dr Shenouda Girgis in his first year running the new charity that brings free mobile eye care clinics and glasses to Sydney’s homeless and disadvantaged. Winner of our 2024 Not for Profit Executive Scholarship, Shen received a Hogan Leadership Assessment to learn more about his strengths and development opportunities to work on in this new role outside of the usual hospital setting. He was then matched with entrepreneur, growth strategist and McCarthy Mentoring mentor, Kylie Little, to gain insights, guidance and support.  Shen says the mentoring sessions has opened up a new realm of knowledge and insight that has helped grow the charity in new and exciting ways. Some of the areas of discussion has been on team expansion and structures, building an effective volunteer strategy and refining processes and procedures to ensure the long-term sustainability and growth of the charity.  Shen said the McCarthy Mentoring scholarship and working with Kylie has been invaluable. “Kylie and I reverse engineered the process by starting with the end goal in mind and then worked on the steps to get there. Every time we meet I come away with another hit of energy and strategy to apply.”  […]