M E N T O R I N G & P L A C E M E N T

This year, Mentoring and Placement Committees worked intentionally as a Council, separating into Committee-based work as was necessary for confidentiality within the Placement process. The choice to behave as a Council has allowed the Council to maintain the integrity of the separate Committees, which have separate intentions:

Mentoring: enrich the member experience and mentoring rising leaders

Placement: place future leaders based on merit and experience), while creating a supportive, future-oriented vision for member engagement.

Our annual work plan effectively leveraged the Council strengths to foster engagement and intentionally seek out and support rising leaders and those looking to find their place in the League.

The Placement Committee focused on intentional placements and discussion with members. First choice placements were prioritized to give members the experience and connection they were seeking. The committee reviewed, interviewed and placed our next PEE as well as the slated organizational chart for the next league year. We coordinated across committees to celebrate our PEE, New Member class and Sustainer group. Our ability to act as a council made placements member focused and utilized mentoring concepts to engage members. Training opportunities were supported such as the Elevator Pitch and Winter Forum which were released to the membership to further grow our skills as a league. This year exemplified how placement and mentoring are connected in the overall support, expansion and personal growth of the League.

The Mentoring Committee actively engaged around the idea that "mentoring is essential to our mission" and we continued to build on work from the previous year as we entered 22-23 Though small but mighty, a goal of the Committee was to ensure at least one member was in attendance at every event, such as packing breakfast portions at Preble Street Food Security Hub, cooking at Ronald McDonald House, and attending the Sustainer Panel We coalesced around the concept that "each member is a mentor" The mentoring team reached out to chairs in order to help identify any members who may want to connect for informal mentoring opportunities Mentoring also took the lead to develop and plan leadership transition training, to smooth the process between outgoing and incoming VPs and Chairs This training reinforces that "mentoring is essential to our mission" by involving sustainers, past presidents, and current leadership.