Peer2peer

Peer Group Mentoring involves a group of people with common goals and issues who come together to work as a supportive group to share ideas and advice.

The aim of the MentorSET Peer2peer group is to provide a forum for culturally diverse women in SET to share their experiences, discuss issues and work towards solutions for better success and confidence in their work-place, their job searches and their personal challenges.

The e-mentoring forum enables members to share issues and solutions while workshops provide personal development opportunities.

Membership of the group is open to all women in SET who are interested in cultural issues in the UK (**).

Strength Deployment Inventory Workshop, 4th July 2006

Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI)* is a technique for exploring personal motivations and explaining conflict situations.

It was a very positive day and we learned about different personality characteristics.

"Very supportive and confidence building. A very positive experience. I have been able to put my previous experiences into perspective and shed some light on what I can do to progress my career."

"It gave me a chance to meet different people from different backgrounds. It was really a fantastic networking event."

"Worthwhile experience to see different type of behaviour and conflict resolution strategies that can be adopted to resolve conflict at work and home."

* SDI and Strength Deployment Inventory are protected by worldwide copyright and are registered to Personal Strengths Publishing Inc.

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RECENT EVENTS

18th Nov 2006, Birmingham

Full day workshop with Kalpana Robbins expored NLP
What is NLP?
Habits / Internal voice - Demo and exercises
Anchoring and "Circle of Excellence" (State Control e.g. confidence for interviews / presentations) - Demo and exercises
Success Movies and Modelling Confident Behaviour - Demo and exercises
Time for Relaxation and Reflection (crucial to the learning process!)

28th Oct 2006, London

Morning: Personal development workshop: tackling discrimation. Find out how to tackle discrimation in the workplace and how the law can help.
Afternoon: a talk by Maria Husdon about her research project NEWS.
Discusion: issues being faced and the way forward.

Activities currently planned for the group:

Next workshop being planned for May / June.
An e-chat group enabling members to discuss issues.
Guest speakers to talk about highlighted issues.

The group has many other exciting ideas for the future including:

Providing skill assessment for members to help identify areas of strength and weakness. Members will then be directed towards appropriate providers who can help with relevant training.
Making links with other groups and sharing best practice.

Why Join The Peer2peer Multicultural Forum?

Are you uncertain about where you are heading or your career options ?

Peer2peer is here to help you overcome these problems by networking with experienced people who can offer advice and by helping you to unlock your confidence.

High performance is not enough to succeed, you must manage your profile and visibility. You need perseverance, dedication and self-belief. Mentoring and networking can help.

What is unique about you?

Have you lost sight of your strengths and those responsibilities you enjoy?

Skill assessment enables you to identify your strengths and weaknesses to be worked upon. Find out what is unique about you and start to build on it.

Isolated at work?

Meet other women working in similar occupations who share some of your experiences.

Interested in multicultural issues?

Maybe you have experience of working in a multicultural environment or want to implement good practice in your own workplace or you are just interested in these issues. Come and learn with us about all the complicated issues involved with living and working together in multicultural Britain.

If you would like to join this group or want more information, please contact info@mentorset.org.uk

** Membership Restrictions

Must live in the UK
Must be prepared to join a participating organisation
Must be a woman in SET