PWN Milan MENTORING

Published on February 4, 2025 by Katerina Kalantzi

Mentoring is recognized as a cost-effective and impactful way to prepare future business leaders. 

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to advance your career!

Mentoring is a voluntary developmental partnership through which a person with relevant experience (the mentor) shares skills and experience to support someone else (the mentee) in achieving career objectives.

It is not “training”, but rather the construction of a trusting relationship that helps you navigate your working life. Mentoring plays a critical role in the progression of women professionals in all sectors. The lack of mentoring, exclusion from networks, and absence of women role models are cited as key barriers to career advancement for women.

In the PWN Milan Mentoring Program, the emphasis is on professional development. Mentors are matched with mentees to support specific career or business-related goals. Mentoring relationships are sustained over a period of 8 months. Meetings take place monthly and – depending on the preferences of mentors and mentees – they can be in person or remotely. 


Who will benefit?

Mentoring provides a huge benefit to the Mentee, the person who is being mentored, by obtaining a fresh perspective on their career status, aspirations & goals from their Mentor.

But did you know that mentoring also provides a significant benefit to the Mentor as well?

Many Mentors have commented that their contribution as a Mentor also provided themselves with a positive new way of looking at their own career path, as well as an incentive to reflect on where they themselves were going and how that aligned with their own aspirations & goals.

It’s really a “win-win” exchange between Mentees & Mentors.

Please pay attention! PWN Milan Mentoring Program is reserved for Premium members (i.e. Individual, Corporate, SME members). To participate in the program, renew your membership or join now! 


What does PWN Milan offer to its members?

PWN Milan provides an effective mentoring program organisation to ensure that you get the most out of your mentoring experience. 

Advantages of women-to-women support

  • Women mentors are hard to find in the average organization. It allows women to candidly share issues related to gender at work, as mentors have probably experienced similar difficulties before and can act as mirrors and role models.
  • CROSS-COMPANY. Being in different organizations can offer a wider and unbiased perspective to participants. Not having hierarchical implications allows both mentors and mentees to be open and sincere.
  • 1 TO 1 Introductory SPEED DATING to explore the best possible match. In order to facilitate both mentors and mentees to have the best match, we give an opportunity to have Speed Dating online to meet before the final match is decided, to share motivations/goals/expectations and to provide a list of preferences regarding their mentoring partner. During the Mentees Application Period, brief profiles of all the mentors will be available for mentees' consultation on the PWN Milan website.
  • After the Speed Datings, PWN Milan Mentoring Team will match the couples, taking into consideration membership seniority and the preferences of mentor/mentee matching. 

Katerina Kalantzi - Mentoring Program Director

Maryna Grytsenko - Mentoring Project Manager

Email: mentoring@pwnmilan.net 


2025 PWN Milan Mentoring Program – more information

Mentoring Program Calendar:

  • Applications for Mentors open from January 29th to February 28th 
  • Applications for Mentees open from March 11th to April 10th --> Apply here
  • Online Speed dating week from April 14th to April 28th
  • Kickoff of the Program (in person in Milan) on May 14th 2025 at 7 p.m.
  • Online training for Mentors: 20th May at 7 p.m.
  • Online training for Mentees: 21th May at 7 p.m.
  • Half-journey event (in person, in Milan) 18th September 2025 
  • Mentoring sessions from May to December 2025
  • Online events with guest speakers from June to November 2025
  • Networking events (online and in person) from June to December 2025
  • Program closure and celebration on January 14th 2026