Good mentors

YOUNG professional women have been advised to take good mentors in order to enhance their leadership skills and career development.
Speaking with the Daily Graphic, the General Manager of the Aviation Social Centre, Ms Brigritte Dzogbenuku, said young women should be able to jump-start their careers and build character and leadership skills through good mentorship from experienced women in order to erase the problem of inferiority complex.
Ms Dzogbenuku explained that good mentoring created an effective platform to change the livelihood of women in the society.
She added that Ghana currently had a large pool of women talents and resources that could contribute immensely towards inspiring a new cadre of young women leaders in the country.
This is the first time Ghana is holding the “Women Mentoring Women Partnership”, which is an annual global event aimed at connecting experienced women who are eager to give back, with younger women in mentoring relationships, a demonstration of the immeasurable value of mentorship in society.
The event created the opportunity for young professionals to interact with their mentors.
The Programme Officer of Africa Vital Voices Global Partnership, Ms Celena Green, asked the mentors to provide opportunities, as well as promote support networks, for their mentees to explore in their life choices and career developments.
She said mentors should initiate contacts with their mentees to develop cordial relationships.
On the other hand, she asked the mentees to communicate extensively with their mentors and also ask questions bordering on their careers.
“Invest in women to improve the world,” Ms Green said.