WIN Mentorship Program
Launching Female Leaders
Women In Nutraceuticals was founded to empower women in nutraceuticals to unlock their personal and professional potential. WIN’s strategic goals are to bring more gender diversity to industry leadership by increasing the number of women serving in leadership positions and ensure better opportunities for rising female leaders. Data demonstrates companies with diverse teams experience improved productivity, innovation, and business success.
WIN’s six-month mentorship program is focused on improving soft skills, including critical thinking, creativity, effective communication, and empathy. Mentees are women who are passionate about the nutraceutical industry, comfortable with objective feedback and proactive learning, and committed to investing time in the relationship and professional development. Mentors are men or women who offer significant experience and stature, understanding of the nutraceutical industry, and a desire to collaborate on the mentee’s professional development goals.
WIN’s mentorship program is designed to support senior-level women interested in advancing their career to C-suite and board positions. Our expectation is to launch a full mentorship program to all senior-level WIN female members in early 2024. We also hope to launch a program to serve mid-level managers.
Of individuals with a mentor say they find the experience to be a valuable one
Said mentors had helped them avoid costly mistakes (HBR)
Of employees with a career mentor are happy at work. (Forbes)
Mentor Benefits
Rewarding experience with satisfaction of supporting future industry leaders
New industry connections and opportunities
Opportunity to build upon best practices in mentorship with a group of peers
Gain perspectives, catch the spirit of and interact with new business practices and mindsets
Mentee Benefits
Self-awareness of gaps, needed soft skills and beginning to refine soft skills such as critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, effective communication, interrelationships, empathy, attitude
Insights in how to market yourself authentically for success in the executive world
Clear understanding of expectations, rewards, benefits, and realities of C-Suite leadership
Develop self-confidence and feel empowerment
Expanded leadership network
Connections to people who can help open doors for you.
When more women lead, it creates a diversified leadership team open to discussing multiple perspectives that improves decision-making and strengthens the organization to face the challenges of the future.
Maryann Bruce