Well after the most excitingly collaborative process the UWS Library/MyVice mentoring pilot has begun! We launched it in a workshop at Frogmore house a couple of weeks ago and it was amazing.
Abby facilitated and we had guest speakers: sponsors Sue Craig (University Librarian) and Steve Marsh (School of Science and Health). We started out together doing the river of life exercise and then broke into groups for concurrent mentee/mentor sessions so that they could inspire and learn from each other.
After lunch we came back together for some more work on resources and toolkits. Getting to this point has been such a steep learning curve for every aspect of my leadership skills. I'm excited by my progress which is noticeable by the fact that I feel much more confident in my ability to do tough things.
Now when an obstacle is in my path I have skills to overcome it, not the least of which is not being scared of it. I also have the buoyant response to workshop 1 to spur me on. As we were leaving Frogmore House at the end of the day it was not just me that was walking on air, all the participants seemed to really get a lot out of the day and are looking excitedely forward to the mentoring process to come.
will add some photos to this post later
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