MiB's National Mentoring Programme in 2025 focuses on Balance - The application period starts on 2nd January 2025!
In 2025, the MiB Balance national mentoring program will focus on balancing career and family. When mentees have been matched with mentors, the mentoring programme is kicked-off in April 2025 with a shared online meeting where we will discuss goals for mentoring, and you will get access to tools that will maximize your benefits from the mentoring program.
During the program, mentor-mentee pairs meet 9 times (approximately 9 hours in total), and the program also offers online meetings on themes related to MiB Balance.
In 2025, the theme of balancing career and family will be strongly reflected throughout the program’s shared meetings with topics such as identifying strengths, preventing burnout, time management, and recovery.
For mentees, the participation fee of 70 € is paid upon registration, the mentees must be members of MiB. Please note that by stating that you prefer mentoring in English, we will do our best to match you with a mentor who will be able to support you in English. The content of the program’s shared online meetings will be in Finnish, and you can comment and ask questions in English during the meeting.
For mentors, the program is free of charge and mentors do not need to be MiB members.
Both mentees and mentors commit to 9 mentoring sessions of approximately one hour each, and all mentees and mentors are welcome to participate in the programme's joint online meetings.
If you are not yet a member of MiB, you can easily join our wonderful network here!
Your turn to shine!
Mentee: Are you on family leave and returning to work, or are you thinking about your next career move? If you want to strengthen the balance between your career and family and if you feel that you are ready to commit to mentoring, this is your chance!
Mentor: Do you have the experience and enthusiasm to help a mother strengthen her balance between career and family in a career path heading upwards? You are needed!
What do you get from the program?
The MiB Balance mentoring program gives you a unique opportunity to grow and develop: find a great mentor or become a mentor and you will be able to strengthen your personal and professional growth in MiB’s signature way, in a solution-oriented and supportive network.
With MiB, you get an even stronger network: you get to be part of MiB's dynamic community and network especially with enthusiastic peers who balance career and family.
The mentoring programme provides you with essential insights on the themes of balancing your career and family by participating to the program’s shared meetings in addition to mentoring. In the program’s shared meetings, you will get information, tips, and support to shape your own balance.
What do we offer?
Carefully selected mentoring pairs: By being thorough in combining mentee and mentor pairs, we ensure that goals, schedules, and areas of expertise support mentees’ and mentors’ development. Just like last year, also this year artificial intelligence will be used to combine mentees with mentors!
Support on your journey: you will have access to tools that will help you build a successful mentoring relationship. We will be with you throughout the mentoring year to ensure that your mentoring journey is successful.
What do others say?
MiB's mentoring programs have helped hundreds of mothers advance in their careers while balancing career with family. In 2024, more than 92% of the respondents to the feedback survey rated the program as good or excellent, and up to 100% of the respondents estimated that their chances of career advancement had increased! The participants expressed particular praise for the confidential discussions and sparring they received.
The application period for the MiB Balance mentoring programme is 2.1. - 31.1. - save the date in your calendar. The programme starts with a shared kick-off meeting online in April and lasts until the end of the year.
Note the dates of the program’s shared online meetings in your calendar already now! Please note that these meetings will be in Finnish and you can comment and ask questions in English:
Thu 10.4. at 17:00-18:30: Kick-off: 5 ways to get the most out of mentoring
Tue 10.6. at 11:30-13:00: Identifying strengths and crystallizing them in an elevator pitch
Tue 26.8. at 17:00-18:30: Career stories of MiB members
Tue 8.10. at 8:30-10:00 open to all: Balancing family and career
Tue 2.12. at 17:00-18:30: Closing meeting: Time management and recovery
Shared online meetings will be recorded and a recording will be sent to those who have registered.
Do you have questions about the program? Please contact Anne Liljestrand, facilitator of the mentoring programme, at anne (a) liljestrand.fi !
