TERTIARY MENTORING PROGRAM
The Leadership Mentoring Program for tertiary students is designed for tertiary students interested in observing leadership in action in the field of their choice. The partners with Leadership Plus in this program are: Willing and Able Mentoring Program (WAM), and the Leadership Victoria 'Skills Bank'. It is a pre-requisite for our Mentoring Program that the mentees have successfully completed the WAM Program.
The mentees select an industry that they believe is relevant to their career, and Leadership Plus finds a mentor/leader with the assistance of Leadership Victoria 'Skills Bank'. Leadership Plus has developed a Mentoring Manual with eight mentoring sessions for use by the mentor and mentee. These are to be used as a guide and are not a prescribed process.
Leadership Plus proposes to offer a Leadership Mentoring Program designed for students with a disability who have successfully participated in the Willing and Able Mentoring Program and possess high leadership potential. Leadership Plus is committed to increasing the number of people with disabilities in leadership roles across a range of industries and organisations.
• Students or graduates with a disability who have successfully participated in the WAM program will be given the opportunity to extend their professional development by undertaking a further mentoring relationship with a leadership focus. Leadership Plus will conduct the program.
• WAM will provide past participants with ‘Expression of Interest' forms advertising the program that will be forwarded to Leadership Plus. (this method should ensure privacy)
• Leadership Plus will develop a leadership specific manual/kit for mentor and mentees.
• The structure of the program will be similar to WAM in duration and time commitment of participants.
• Leadership Plus will recruit appropriate high level leaders from a range of industries as mentors to match the needs of mentees.
• Mentees will be offered a ‘refresher' induction program held simultaneously with the WAM induction. Leadership Plus will conduct the program for Leadership mentees.
• Debriefing and graduation will occur simultaneously with WAM function. This will make quite a ‘gala' occasion and allow networking across both groups.
• All program costs associated with the Leadership program will be met by Leadership Plus. (economies of scale should be advantageous to both groups)
• support the development of students with disabilities in achieving leadership positions
• enhance the knowledge, skills and development planning of participants
• provide an extended opportunity for participants to experience first hand the day-to-day implications of leadership
• enhance the capacity of selected leaders to act a mentors and further their own professional development.
Leadership Plus Mentoring Program 2004 Participants
Mentee - Amilia Thio
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Majors in Political Science and Art History, Melbourne University
Mentor - Nick Harford
General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Visy Recycling
Mentee - Cze Yen Lee
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Melbourne
Mentor - Andrew Sizeland
Professor and Director, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
Mentee - Kayelene McCarthy
Bachelor of Commerce, Majors in Accounting, Law and Finance, Deakin University
Mentor - Ellen Webb
Corporate Financial Systems Manager, Orica Ltd
Mentee - Jespah Soegeng
Master of Commerce, Majors in Finance and International Business, Deakin University
Mentor - Mark Hand
District Manager - Melbourne CBD, ANZ Bank
Mentee - Owen Cooper
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Police Studies, Completed in November 2002
Mentor - Phillip Meggs
Chief Operating Officer, Ticketmaster 7 Pty Ltd
Mentee - Luke Robinson
Bachelor of Communications/Advanced Diploma of Business Marketing, Monash University, Major in Multi-media
and Communication
Mentor - Jo Lane
Director and Creative Director, Tribal Pty Ltd and Design IT
Mentee - Le Tran
Bachelor of Commerce, La Trobe University
Mentor - Tony Peake
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Mentee - MeSu-Lin Lim
Geomatics Engineering, University of Melbourne
Mentor - Neil Street
Principal, Surveyor Group, Connell Wagner Pty Ltd
Mentee - Alexandra Evans
Bachelor of Law, Majors in International/Commercial/IP, University of Melbourne
Mentor - Ian Mannix
Manager, Local Radio Vic, ABC
Mentee - Melanie Edge
BA, Journalism and Literature, Deakin University
Mentor - Renee Hancock
Group Account Director, Porter Novelli Public Relations
Mentee - Gary Lim
Masters of Information Technology, Major in Internet Computing, Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus
Mentor - Russell Yardley
Managing Director, Acumentum Pty Ltd
Mentee - Fiona Newton
PhD, Field of Research, Psycho-oncology, Monash University, Clayton Campus
Mentor - Graham Lieschke
Group Head, Cytokine Biology Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Mentee - Phineas Meere
Disability Studies, Deakin University
Mentor - David Craig
Executive Officer, Action for Community Living
Mentee - Sandy Dhunna
Master of Practising Accounting, Monash University, Caulfield campus
Mentor - Michael Madden
Commercial Manager, NZM Gobal Foodservice
Mentee - Kellie Nguyen
Bachelor of Business in Human Resource Management, Victoria University
Mentor - Georgie Dwyer
People and Development Group Manager, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Mentor - Kythe McLean
Learning & Development Manager (Mentoring & Coaching), Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Mentee - Lawrence Bowman
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Deakin University
Mentor - Kevin Murray
C.E.O., Craft Victoria
