This event is currently only accepting mentor registrations at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience but this event is now closed for mentee registrations as we have reached capacity.
Event description
If you’re an industry leader — or want to become one — here’s your chance to learn, grow and forge meaningful relationships with others. This mentoring program harnesses the power of the group to help mentees set and achieve professional/career goals and forge new connections. Mentoring takes place in small groups, and each group functions independently, setting its own meeting dates, times and locations.
Program structure
• Mentors and mentees complete the mentoring program application; the mentoring program committee uses the information provided in the match process to create mentoring groups.
• Each mentoring group is made up of two mentors and four to five mentees who share a common area of focus.
• Key program information (definition of mentoring, mentor/mentee roles and responsibilities,
goal-setting forms/other available tools and resources) is shared with mentors and mentees prior to/during the kickoff.
• Mentees set a goal at the beginning of the program; mentors (and the group) help mentees make progress toward achieving their goals.
• All mentors and mentees participate in the kickoff event; each mentoring group determines its own rules/expectations and establishes its own meeting format and schedule.
• Mentoring groups work together over the course of seven to eight months, meeting at least once a month to help mentees make progress toward their goals.
• Most mentoring group meetings take place in person.
• At the end of the program, mentees assess the progress they made toward their goals, and consider how to continue to leverage/apply what they’ve learned.
Program activities
• March 8, 2017 - Mentor welcome breakfast and training (for all mentors — don’t miss this. (at Shire in Lexington from 7:30 - 9:00 AM)
• March 15, 2017 - Orientation and kickoff meeting (in-person attendance required for all mentors and mentees. (at Pfizer in Cambridge from 5:30 - 8:45 PM)
• March - October - Mentoring groups meet on their own according to the schedule they set
• May 9, 2017 - Mentor networking meeting (at Addgene in Cambridge from 6:00 - 7:30 PM - updated location and time)
• June 22, 2017 - Mid-point networking social (for all mentees) (at Shire (650 E. Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142) from 6:00 - 8:30 PM)
• September 19, 2017 - Mentors and connectors networking morning (at Quintiles in Cambridge from 7:00 - 8:30 AM - updated location and time)
• October 24, 2017 - "End-of-year" closing event (for all mentors and mentees at Athenahealth in Watertown, MA from 6:00 - 8:30 PM)
• Additional mentor-only event(s) for May – September (TBD)
Mentee or mentor?
• Mentees are emerging leaders. They have a strong sense of their development needs and can identify one or more areas in which they need mentoring support. Mentees must have the time to prepare for their group’s meetings, fully participate and help plan these sessions, and then “do the work” — that is, be willing to stretch, take risks and use resources to tackle their mentoring goal.
• Mentors are often seasoned executives with significant experience in the healthcare industry or related services. They have a keen sense of their own strengths coupled with the ability and commitment needed to guide their mentees. Mentors are willing to share of themselves — relaying stories and anecdotes from their careers, recounting successes and failures, offering ideas and approaches and identifying tools and connections. Most mentors have experience in a director-level or higher position and/or have developed both individuals and teams.
Mentee course fee:
$250 until Nov. 30, 2016
$295 after Nov. 30, 2016
Mentor course fee
$ 0 (There is no charge for mentors, who volunteer their time and expertise to the program and their mentees.)
How to apply - Two steps
1. All mentees and mentors must register (below). Mentees pay the mentee course fee now.*
2. All mentees and mentors must complete the online application survey, which is sent via email as soon as this registration is completed.
Applicants must register and complete their application survey to be considered for the program. *If a mentee cannot be accommodated in the program, the mentee’s course fee will be refunded in full.
HBA membership requirements
Mentors and mentees must be HBA members - mentors and mentees who are accepted into the program, elect to participate and who are not already members must join the HBA on/before the kickoff event. Please note that:
• HBA annual membership dues are an additional charge, separate and distinct from the mentee course fee.
• HBA annual membership dues are not refundable. Make sure you have been accepted into the program and have decided to participate
before joining.
Consult your manager or HR department to see if reimbursement will be provided. Find out more about the value of HBA membership and the annual nonrefundable membership dues here.
Registration/application deadline
Register and complete the online application by January 19, 2017.
Cancellations/refunds
Is this event refundable? Yes; if a mentee cannot be accommodated within the program, the mentee's course fee will be refunded in full. If a mentee decides not to participate in the program and provides written notification to the chapter contact no later than four weeks prior to the kickoff event, the applicable course fee will be refunded in full. Following that, no refunds are available.
Sponsors
Event questions/support
- Chapter contact for event details: Alicja Januszewicz or alicjawj@gmail.com at 774-232-2992
- Membership questions: membership@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 1
- For assistance with online registration: events@hbanet.org or 973-575-0606 ext 3
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