New London Architecture

Mentoring Circle cosponsor Diverse Leaders Pledge

Monday 21 February 2022

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter

Vanessa Murray

Asset Manager
Stanhope plc

We’re pleased to have Mentoring Circle join our group of cosponsors for the Diverse Leaders Pledge, Vanessa Murray shares a bit about the scheme, how you can get involved and find out more.
Mentoring Circle is a cross-sector mentoring scheme set up by Vanessa Murray to promote female talent retention in the property industry and address gender disparity at senior leadership level. We partner senior female industry leads with junior women working in property for a 1-1 mentoring partnership over the course of 12 months. The scheme is designed to be inspirational, accessible and enable participants in the scheme to build a network both at junior and at senior level.
 
In conjunction with mentoring the five key strands of the programme are as follows:
  1. Mentor training for all mentors
  2. Bespoke ‘Emerging Leaders’ programme for all mentees 
  3. Expert guest speaker sessions for both mentors and mentees held throughout the year on pertinent topics including ‘Imposter Syndrome, Confidence and Self Worth’, ‘Finance for Property Professionals’, and ‘How to Build your Brand and Make a Positive Impact in the Workplace’
  4. Monthly senior leadership breakfast seminars for all Mentors 
  5. In person networking events
 
The scheme launched in 2021 with 81 mentors (24% at C-Suite level/Board level). For 2022 a further 40 incredible mentors have joined the ranks including CEO for the Museum of London, Head of UK Asset Management for CBRE Global Investors, Senior Manager of Global Capital Projects for Lloyd’s of London and Managing Director of Sir Robert McAlpine.
 
In February of this year we released a podcast offshoot of Mentoring Circle called ‘Bricking It’ whereby a selection of the mentors were interviewed to discover the personality behind the accolade in order to understand how they became so successful...despite bricking it. For more information on the scheme visit our website www.mentoringcircle.co.uk or speak to vanessa.murray@mentoringcircle.co.uk
 

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter

Vanessa Murray

Asset Manager
Stanhope plc


Diverse Leaders

#NLADiverseLeaders


Related

London's Pride: celebrating LGBT+ spaces

Video

London's Pride: celebrating LGBT+ spaces

Celebrating the projects and initiatives that support the LGBT+ community in London.

Watch video
Accessible London: creating inclusive spaces

Video

Accessible London: creating inclusive spaces

What would a truly accessible city look, feel and sound like? We explore the people, projects, and policy that are shapi...

Watch video

Stay in touch

Upgrade your plan

Choose the right membership for your business

Billing type:
All prices exclude VAT
View options for Personal membership