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Engage 4 Success: Employee Engagement – Inclusion in the Workplace
CA Technologies Reverse Mentoring Program
October 2016
Gabrielle Ferguson, Talent Development Partner EMEA
@gabifergusonx @https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gabiferguson
Agenda
CA TECHNOLOGIES, AN INTRODUCTION
REVERSE MENTORING OVERVIEW
ACTIVE LISTENING EXERCISE
MID-POINT REVIEW FEEDBACK
BREAKOUT SESSION
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CA Technologies: We eliminate the barriers between ideas and business outcomes
• One of the largest independent software corporations in the world
• Specialising in B2B commercial software in app development, agile
methodology and security software for cloud computing
• We count the majority of the Fortune 500 as our customers
• Just celebrated our 40th birthday as a company
• 11,500 employees globally
What is Mentoring?
“Off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge,
work or thinking”
David Megginson and David Clutterbuck
Reverse Mentoring: What?
Thrive Reverse Mentoring is a reversal of the traditional role of mentor and mentee.
Mentors will be high potential managers, who will coach, support, advise and share their personal and professional experiences with senior leaders (the mentees)
Mentors will typically be:- Less senior to their mentees AND - Have a diverse characteristic that is different to that of the leader they will mentor (e.g.
generation, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation etc.)
Let’s challenge assumptions!
Mentors:• Support the Thrive agenda by sharing personal and professional
experiences as a diverse employee
• Promote diversity in action: there are numerous research studies that diverse teams produce better business results
• Develop skills in leadership, mentoring, crucial conversations, giving feedback
• Develop confidence in building relationships with senior leaders
• Raise profile and visibility with senior teams
Reverse Mentoring: Why
Mentees:
• Gain an in-depth understanding of what it’s like to work at CA Technologies as a diverse employee
• Benefit from insights of a diverse perspectives on the current state of CA at a less senior level and the current working environment
• Gain greater self-awareness through feedback from the mentor • Start to create a robust pipeline to identify, employ, develop and retain
diverse talent
Reduces unconscious bias and challenges stereotypes/assumptions
Educate senior managers about the challenges that diverse employees experience
Increase commitment among senior managers to Drive Talent Success by recruiting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent
Enhance leadership and coaching skills of both mentees and mentors;
Enables a safe environment for conflict management - strengthening relationships while in encouraging creativity and promoting effective problem solving
CA Technologies:
Roles/Responsibilities: Mentors:
Be honest about your own personal experiences and challenges as a diverse employee
Proactively contact your mentees to schedule meetings and prepare for discussions
Confidently challenge your mentee
Help the mentee understand how his/her behaviour impacts others through constructive feedback
Provide mentees with honest feedback and perceptions
Understand that participation in this program is not a guarantee of future promotion or career advancement
Mentees:
Approach the mentoring experience with an open mind and a willingness to explore their own beliefs and behaviours
Be open to feedback from mentors and be willing to try new approaches, possibly outside of your comfort zone
Is open about own journey sharing both failures and successes
Communicate openly and honestly with their mentors
Prioritize time for meetings
Support both the mentor and the program
Reverse Mentoring: Success Measurements
Successful completion of the program from all pairs
Focus group data on tangible benefits/outcomes due to participation
Implementation of lessons learned within your own teams/day job
Improvement in diversity stats within team, interview panels and candidates
1.5 Hour Training with Reverse Mentoring Guidebook
6 Sessions minimum over 6 months
Halfway point check-in: September 2016
Pilot finish and Celebration: December 2016
Pledge board and blog posts for communication/promotion
Launch of wider EMEA program, rollout 2017-18
Reverse Mentoring: Next Steps
Active ListeningWhat is it?
Step 1. Everyone into PairsStep 2. Assign numbers 1 and 2Step 3. Speakers will speak for 3 minutesStep 4. Listeners will ask questions for 2 minutesStep 5. Listeners will summarise and reflect for 1 minute.
Awareness of Body Language- can be used to demonstrate that you are actually listening!
• Nodding• An appropriate facial expression – mirroring• Patterned breathing• Encouraging noises• Leaning in• Avoiding barriers!
What is a good question?- open and exploratory, giving your partner the space to elaborate
• Putting at ease• Re-establishing rapport• Checking understanding• Probing and guiding questions • Bringing perspective
The power of summarising - what can this achieve?
• Checks understanding on both sides• Brings clarity on the issue itself • Gives another perspective on the issue• Important to keeping a record – ensures progress for
partnerships
MID-POINT REVIEW
Key Topics discussed- Individuals’ Backgrounds- Current CA Technologies management team- Communication challenges with European teams - The wider diversity/inclusion agenda at CA - Mentors shared their own personal experiences
Summary:- All pairs had met monthly for 60 - 120 minutes - All agreed they had been matched well - First meeting was focused on rapport building, sharing backgrounds
and journey's including the “off-script” version - All discussed confidentiality at the start and felt open enough to
share experiences
MID-POINT REVIEW: MENTEES
• I’m constantly fighting fires in the UK and from my European bosses. Diversity just simply isn’t at the forefront compared to hard non-negotiable sales targets.
• Everytime I’ve moved up in my career I’ve lost the relationships with my peers. It’s actually quite lonely at the top and you need to be prepared for that.
• It’s actually not easy to go into the passenger seat and have a more balanced conversation than I’m normally used to.
• I would 100% recommend other senior execs to do this. It’s been great to have someone completely separate as a sounding board, who has a completely different perspective.
MID-POINT REVIEW: MENTORS
• The feeling of being “classified” as a BAME employee, and a senior female executive are similar. I was surprised by this, it was very touching and a strong learning point for both of us
• A little bit of extra explanation can go a long way and stop a diverse employee feeling victimised.
• “They sent a little Indian girl to fix the problem, let’s see what she can do” – overheard from a customer CIO
BREAK-OUT SESSION:
Half Inclusion Champions Half Senior Leaders How would you be convinced to become involved in reverse mentoring?
Talent Development Partner EMEAGabrielle.Ferguson@CA.com
Gabrielle Ferguson
@gabifergusonx
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gabiferguson
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