Mentoring presentation at Future Proof Leadership networking breakfast, February 2024. Presentation is partly in Finnish.

1. What is Mentoring?
Laura Ojala (they/them)
Senior Engineering Manager, RELEX Solutions
@laojala
2024 02 09
Conference photo credits: Matteo Cogliati

2. Aamun fiilis:
jakakaa
kuulumiset
jonkun vielä
tuntemattoman
vierustoverin
kanssa

5. Mentoring
An individual guiding the growth of another

6. Mitä mentorointi ei ole:
• Sponsorointia –
sponsorit toimivat,
mentorit ohjaavat
• Coaching
• Opetusta
• Terapiaa

7. Types of mentors
• Next level career mentor
• Next-next level career
mentor
• Peer-mentor
• Reverse mentor

8. How mentoring can look alike?
Speech from my one time mentor Jen Luker https://youtu.be/0ihYcjMhM-4

9. A practical guide for
mentors:
https://growthdiscussions.reaktor.com/
This guide is my go-to
when mentoring!

12. Mentoring at Relex Technology
• This year: 58 pairs + a learning
group
• Form to apply
• CTO assigns pairs
• At minimum 5 sessions
• Both can use 10 % of their work
time for mentoring

14. “Women mentoring women is essential in this world,
and especially in business. And we have been doing it
one way or another for millennia. We all need to feel
like we have someone in our corner who will always
cheer us on, and will never let the hard questions go
unanswered. Mentors can help us push ourselves and
open doors in ways that we never thought we could.
This incredible two way relationship makes both people
better and I hope that every woman reaches out to a
mentor she feels she can learn from.” – Hannah Parish,
Director, International Partnerships, Oura

15. “I felt like she actually saw
something in me and it wasn’t just
checking a box. She felt invested in
my development and that
changed me in a really deep way”
- Janice Omadeke on Dare To Lead
Podcast by Brené Brown

16. Kiitos <3