THE YOUNG VIC REVERSE MENTOR TRAINING X3 SESSIONS FEBRUARY 2021
"Our innovative Young Mentors programme pairs leaders from any industry with a Young Mentor between the ages of 18 and 25. Over the course of five one-to-one sessions, the Young Mentors will share their knowledge and worldview as a young people, offering mentees an alternative lens through which to view their work.
The programme is designed to pair mentees with mentors who have different lived and professional experiences to themselves. Our aim is to encourage cross-generational conversation and learning and to make space for people in positions of high responsibility to explore new and divergent ways of thinking about the world.
The Young Mentor training was delivered by Nicholai La Barrie and Nicole Yershon."
Proposed training arc
Session 1: INSPIRATION - Wednesday 3rd February - delivered by Nicole
Some getting to know each other work/establishing the group; understanding your story and the role it will play in this process; developing confidence; preparing to step up and into your power.
Session 2: PREPARATION - Wednesday 10th February- delivered by Nicole & Nicholai
What is mentoring; establishing an effective mentor/mentee relationship; nuts and bolts.
Session 3: ACTION - Wednesday 17th February - delivered by Nicholai
Getting prepared; structuring your sessions; practical tools, techniques, and behaviours.
My Approach - Conscious listening/hearing - then transferring experiences, lessons, and insights to the mentors. So they are better equipped to mentor their mentees.
MY 10 min blurb
My passion is in CHANGE, creativity, education & technology - I am the Founder and CEO The NY Collective. . I was pulled into Ogilvy & Mather 2000-2016 'bring them into the 21stC' moving them from an analog to a digital world. Their resident 'ALCHEMIST' - I have written a best-selling book, 'Rough Diamond: Turning Disruption into Advantage in Business and Life'. I was the Maverick. Always looking for alternative ways of working to make it better for the 'people' - whether it be emotional intelligence testing to unleashing a diversity program - diverse thinking, not the color of skin! I'm a trustee of 2 charities, Ideas College & Creative Conscience & Board director & Honorary fellow for Ravensbourne University. I've worked with many clients over the years... I'm full of wisdom...I'm also a proud member of The Play Collective 40 people across 30 countries - Over the past 6 and a half months while the world was turned upside down our Play Collective developed one of the most innovative products yet for business transformation. The key ingredient is PLAY as the most powerful technology for innovation and transformation
20 members of the Global Play Collective came together to productize a human-first methodology designed to take business teams through the multiple "gates" to reimagine their future. Since March 2019 three of us have developed a side hustle called Re-Greece - Why Re-Greece? When the pandemic of 2020 created chaos in the world, even the strong felt defeated, deflated, and derailed. The Re-Greece experience has been curated and designed to enable you to join, share and learn with 12 like-minded thinkers and doers from the creative and marketing industries. Over seven nights and seven days against the backdrop of Greece (one of the most resilient countries in the World); we'll explore, rest, replenish, and just as importantly, help you redefine your next chapter. I’m a mama to Claudia & max who continually inspire
Q & A
Who are they….? Why is this important to really know who you are and be happy with understanding strengths & weaknesses and how you see them in others?
Inspiration – recognizing the value of yourself and your own story/journey.
NB - there is power in sharing your own story and lived experience, but the mentors need to know how far to take that.
Darcy - at oxford studying philosophy and loves acting
Kimberley - 2020 grad drama school 3-year degree - learn yourself empower and know worth
Lara rada 2020 grad 3 years lead student acting work - charity work
Jack 3rd year study student film kings college - radio show,improv comedy, TEDx talk
Zoe - grad
Effie 4 year grad - drama & theatre goldsmith profesh actor, write, cook
Emma - grad, community work, freelancing
What is your EQ TEST …. https://enneagramtest.net/
These questions below sometimes help when you first meet in the breakout room and get chatting with purpose, not just small talk - https://www.ted.com/speakers/esther_perel
BREAKOUT SESSION X10 mins to fill in the questions with your EQ test
BACK TO THE HOME SCREEN TO discuss the answers & attach feelings to this, how did this make you react?
BREAKOUT SESSION X 5 MINS - What inspires you -
Kishore - bravery
Kimberley - meeting people, and learning inspires
Zoe - people finding power in their differences - a la Greta Thumberg
Jack - joy
Darcy - observation - noticer, self-awareness
Lara - joy - nieces
Effie - growth limitless
Emma - learning
BACK TO THE HOME SCREEN to discuss
BREAKOUT SESSION X5 MINS - and what's the most inspiring thing going to happen to you in the future -
BACK TO THE HOME SCREEN to discuss
Lee crasna - jackson pollacks wife
CHANGE EVERYONE’S ZOOM BACKGROUND TO SOMETHING THAT INSPIRES THEM!
My own way of inspiring myself daily …. 1 hour each day, scanning the environment - sharing is caring - Quotes by Alvin Toffler below - challenges your conventions, reminds me I don’t know everything, forces me to change my world view, removes me from an echo chamber. It’s all very well to nod, but it needs to move you, challenged you, or made you a better person and motivated, changed
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ” ...
“If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy. ”
What quotes inspire them? WHY? What would they share…..
6.15pm - BREAK FOR A CUP OF TEA & BISCUIT/CHOC/FRUIT/TOILET BREAK FOR 10 MINS - STAND UP & WALK ABOUT… move
TO BE COVERED IN SESSION 2
Session 2: PREPARATION - Wednesday 10th February- delivered by Nicole/Nicholai
What is mentoring; establishing an effective mentor/mentee relationship; nuts and bolts.
HOMEWORK SET - 5 mins. Please let the group read a Quote that they have found over the last week that most Inspires & Resonates.
NY speaking… My Principles GO THROUGH FRAMEWORK 1
Mentoring is never one way. It has to be a dialogue between people based on trust.
Feedback is a two-way street. I want to stimulate discussion.
Trust is the first base - only buildable through a safe space for a genuine conversation.
Creating trust comes from listening fully, leaving spaces in the discussion - respect for the ’other’ - clarity of question and relevance of case study or story of merit.
It's easy to talk about listening but few are very good at hearing. Hearing is when you can replay what the other person actually said.
Hearing allows us to offer a valuable response or add. Adding is what works. Adding is what a mentor does.
There is always power in a framework. A framing that shows the dimensions of possibility.
Coaching is about improving performance - usually aimed at those already on the job. That's not what this is about. It's about mentoring.
Mentoring is about developing people on a life journey - it's a more holistic approach to those seeking betterment and through objective and often a more holistic perspective.
BREAKOUT GROUP X10 MINS - DISCUSS FEARLESSNESS OR COURAGE AND WHEN YOU HAVE HAD TO CALL UPON IT.
FEARLESS MANIFESTO - they should choose their own Manifesto….. Because it’s about taking action, not just words
