DEVELOP YOURSELF BY DEVELOPING OTHERS
Riga Business School Alumni Association Mentoring program is here to develop a wide spectrum of next generation leaders and cultivate life-long learning for already experienced ones to enable sustainable growth of Riga Business School community and society.
WHAT IS IT?
Riga Business School Alumni Mentoring Program is an annual program that matches RBS students or recent graduates together with experienced RBS alumnus with a goal to accelerate personal and professional growth.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
SESSIONS
Mentoring meetings between mentors and mentees
WORKSHOPS
Development oriented workshops throughout the program
TOOLKIT
Different tools for mentors and mentees to help achieve their goals
HOW WILL IT GO?
PRE-Program
Preparing
Fill out the survey. Afterwards receive an invitation for an application form or wait till mentoring team gets in touch with you. After submission, wait for a positive response to your application. If so, voila - you’re in.
Interviews
Mentors interview potential mentees & find the one that suits them the best in terms of industries, goals, characteristics, etc.
Matching
Mentors and mentees will be matched in pairs one to one. Pairs will be matched based on your experience or future job preferences, interests and personalities.
Training
Before the program starts, both mentors and mentees will have a 2-3 hour introduction sessions. Afterwards, a meet-up with everyone involved will be held.
DURING-Program
Workshop
Every second month will start with a workshop that covers a topic regarding personal development.
Meetings
Pairs will meet at least once per month to talk about the workshop or any other topic they will see as valuable for them.
Presentations
At the end of each quarter mentors and mentees will need to present their progress to the rest of the program’s participants.
POST-Program
Graduation
At the end of each quarter mentors and mentees will need to present their progress to the rest of the program’s participants.
WHAT CAN I ACHIEVE WITH THIS?
For Mentees
Gain C-suite generation’s perspective
Recognize personal values and achieve distinct goals
Gain exceptional networking skills
Grow academic and social confidence
Realize the full potential of RBS Alumni community
Get the last push to make the first step
For mentors
Develop leadership skills
Gain millennials perspective
Be up-to-date with 21st century business practices
Gain expertise and practice in mentoring and coaching
Catalyse the young generations’ competencies
Contribute to the RBS Alumni community
WHAT DO GRADUATES SAY?
After successful two years of the program, 26* mentees have had the chance to accelerate their personal and professional development while 26* mentors have been up to provide them guidance through the process. Some of the mentees have found their passion and started their own business, some have climbed up the career ladder and some have found not only a mentor but a friend.
MENTEES
Elīna Strautmane
My main takeaways from the Mentoring program is the feeling that I can be myself and I don't need to change myself to realize my dreams. I need to follow to my deeper feeling and voice of the heart.
My gained experience is not future, it is present! I am already using my experience for making to grow my fabric store.
My gained experience is not future, it is present! I am already using my experience for making to grow my fabric store.
Andris Zabers
During the Mentoring program, I have progressed tremendously both professionally and personally. I have thoroughly enjoyed many hours of meaningful conversations and discussions with my mentor, which have helped to develop a broader understanding of oneself and the world around me. Very honestly, never have I before understood the need for a mentor as much as I do now and can only strongly urge everyone to grab this opportunity and apply to this program.
Kristiana Paula Dzene
I warmly suggest taking part in this program. This will be the best productive time spent, I assure! Each gathering we had I was inspired from mentees and mentors around- experienced professionals and students as me- full of determination and motivation to grow. Main takeaways were to continue exploring, testing and challenging.
MENTORS
Karlis Danevics
I believe in sustainable relationships that are mutually beneficial. This was the case with RBS program as SEB gained a wonderful employee, mentee gained access to corporate world and hopefully some experience and contacts from mentor, and mentor gained a wonderful friend with a bright future ahead of him as well as a lot of so-called “reverse mentoring” – ability to learn from new generation and see their mindset.
Elina Priedite
All positive change is the end result of learning. RBS Alumni Mentoring program was an inspiring learning journey, offering an immensly positive and encouraging environment for sharing dreams, trying new things and ideas as well as meeting wonderful people.
Martins Martinsons
The RBS Mentoring program gave me possibility to work with marvelous young people and help them in their future career and development findings.
It is a really engaging and full of personal discoveries process for both the mentor and mentee.
It is process of fun, discoveries and great contribution.
ABOUT US
Riga Business School
Riga Business School is a management - education institution within Riga Technical University. Its mission is to educate managers and build leaders who create sustainable prosperity in the Baltic region. It is done by fostering an environment in which high potential individuals are challenged, inspired and engaged through interactive learning in the world's top management practices.
RBS Alumni Association
RBS Alumni Association is an organization of RBS graduates. Its mission is to connect Alumni to the RBS and to each other, to provide continuing education to its members, and to support the School's mission of providing world class management training.
Contact us
Mentoring program team
alumni@rbs.lv
Jānis Lazovskis
janis.lazovskis@rbs.lv
Evelīna Vietere
evelinaagnese@gmail.com
