Prime Acess: WICT NY's Executive Mentoring Program

Inspire, motivate and encourage future leaders!

Prime Access: WICT NY’s Executive Mentoring Program is an eight month journey of career enhancement and exploration which offers the following features and benefits:

• Provides one-on-one sessions with key Cable/Telecom leaders
• Facilitates meaningful connections with respected senior executives
• Shares essential industry knowledge and practical “survival” tips
• Reinforces your talents and strengths
• Develops key career skills
• Improves important managerial techniques

So give back as a mentor in an impactful way or receive the gift of priceless career advice as a mentee…Either way you win.

Who Can Participate?

• To be a mentor, you must be a senior cable or telecommunications executive with time to devote to your mentee.
• To be a mentee, you must be a WICT NY member with 8-10 years work experience, preferably in the cable and telecommunications industry.
• This program is optimally designed for individuals at the Director level seeking guidance on how to advance in the industry. Applicants whose experience level meets these general guidelines will be given thorough consideration.

What Can Participants Expect?

• WICT NY carefully matches approximately 10 mentor/mentee teams.
• Mentees work with their mentors to define a specific career-oriented goal at the onset of the programing, and develop a plan to achieve that goal during their time together.

Resources for Mentoring Teams

• Facilitated informational breakfast workshops throughout the program.
• WICT NY reference tools with recommended discussion topics, career management approaches and other materials.
• Regular check-ins with WICT NY liaison who will track mentoring partnership progress.
• Networking events providing opportunities to meet other mentors and mentees from the current and past programs.

What is the Time Commitment?

• Prime Access runs for eight months, commencing late September/early October.
• One to two recommended meetings per month (via phone or in person) for mentor/mentee pairs.
• At least four breakfast workshops with the group throughout the program.

Thank you for all your submissions.

THE MENTEE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE 2011-2012 PROGRAM IS NOW CLOSED!

THE 2012-2013 APPLICATION PERIOD WILL OPEN IN SUMMER 2012. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATED DETAILS!

Here's What Prime Access Alumnae Have to Say:

"Thank you for allowing me to be a part of the Prime Access program and introducing me to one of the most influential people in my young career, whom I hope to call a friend for many years to come."

"My mentee was very willing to listen to my advice and ask questions and we got along very well and I feel like I watched her really come into her own over our time together regarding some issues she had been having at work."

"I grew tremendously both personally and professionally. My work with my mentor was enhanced with the Prime Access breakfast seminars."

"It was a great match for me. We were in the same area and my mentee was open to learning and change."

"The implied and stated trust and relection opportunites that develop from this program (and a new friend) are something that can be very meaningful and unexpected."

"Over the last several months, her advice and encouragement not only helped me become a better manager in my current role, but allowed for me to actually have a work/life balance and receive a substantial promotion. Recently, she helped me through a career altering decision. Not only did she help me trust myself and my own instincts, she helped me negotiate a better offer. Her counsel provided me invaluable lessons on advocacy, perception and negotiation, that as a woman I was afraid to ask for."

"My network with the WICT committee and other WICT mentees has created valuable connections."

Questions? Email info@nywict.org!