“I would recommend the Mowgli Programme for any entrepreneurially minded individual who wants to make the world a better place.” (Mowgli Mentor, class of 2009-10).
Key benefits
The Mowgli Mentoring Experience is a unique and life-altering opportunity to make a difference by inspiring and supporting an entrepreneur to reach their full potential. You will develop your professional and leadership skills, make a deep connection with another person, and most of all, genuinely ‘give something back’ . Through supporting entrepreneurs to succeed, mentors make a positive and sustainable impact on communities.
Costs: Mowgli welcomes donations from participating mentors to help us cover the costs of our projects. You can discuss this with us if you are accepted onto a Mowgli programme. Our criteria for participation is below.
To find out more about what’s expected of you and what you can expect throughout the year, please go to ‘How It Works’ and download the Mowgli Participation Guidelines and Process Map.
- Experience the satisfaction that comes from making a difference to others
- Develop a new skill-set to complement management style
- Nurture & deepen existing competencies
- Re-energise entrepreneurial passion
- Learn to work in an emotionally intelligent and empathetic way
- Improve listening skills
- Develop greater personal leadership
Could this be you? Mowgli’s Criteria for Participation
- Do you have a breadth of networks and professional experience, and a minimum of 5 years successful track record as an entrepreneur, senior executive or professional?
- Have you read and understood Mowgli Mentoring practice and principles? (If not, click on ‘What is Mentoring’)
- Do you have excellent communication skills (particularly listening), a desire to ‘give back’ to a community, and an interest in gaining cross-cultural experience?
- Are you prepared to take 4-5 days away from your work to travel to MME location- plus 1 hour a week for one year afterwards- and commit your time whole-heartedly to building a relationship with your Mowgli entrepreneur- focusing on their learning needs?
