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Take on BoardTracy Bongiorno is Wild for STEM and wants more women to get wildToday on the Take On Board Podcast, I'm speaking with Tracy Bongiorno about the Wild for STEM program. We also might touch on her journey to the first boardroom.Tracy is the CTO at Mentorloop. She has extensive experience scaling SAS businesses and fostering high-performing teams. She is passionate about people-centric cultures, collaboration, governance and building software that empowers people. Tracy also organizes Tech-Leading Ladies, a community that supports women in tech leadership. She thrives on solving complex challenges and driving meaningful change, so she's eager to increase gender diversity in Australian boards....
2025-03-1123 min
Lets Have This ConversationShedding Light on the Benefits of Mentoring with: Deborah HeiserLet's delve into a thought-provoking question. What’s your relationship with the word 'connection
'? Whose opinions do you value when you seek out guidance? When you have to make a big decision, is
there someone you value and trust? Mentorship, a crucial aspect of personal and
professional growth, is often undervalued. According to Mentorloop, 76% of
people believe mentors are important, yet only 37% have one. This gap is
significant and underscores the need for more mentorship opportunities. Across
the nation, 86% of children ages 6 to 17 have at least one adult mentor in
their school, neighborhood, or community who provides advice or g...
2024-10-0938 min
Unfunded with Joan WestenbergUnlocking Startup Success: Lucy Lloyd founder of Mentorloop on Bootstrapping & VC Funding ChallengesEpisode Summary:In this episode, Joan Westenberg interviews Lucy Lloyd, co-founder of Mentorloop, to delve into Lucy's entrepreneurial journey of building a successful startup. The conversation touches upon the inspiration behind founding Mentorloop, navigating the decision-making process around VC funding, and ultimately opting for a self-funded path. Lucy shares valuable insights on the challenges and pressures of VC funding, the importance of maintaining a strong relationship with investors, and the shift in focus towards building a sustainable business rather than solely aiming for an exit strategy.Key themes discussed include the impact of the COVID-19...
2024-06-2042 minDayOne.FMUnlocking Startup Success: Lucy Lloyd founder of Mentorloop on Bootstrapping & VC Funding ChallengesEpisode Summary:In this episode, Joan Westenberg interviews Lucy Lloyd, co-founder of Mentorloop, to delve into Lucy's entrepreneurial journey of building a successful startup. The conversation touches upon the inspiration behind founding Mentorloop, navigating the decision-making process around VC funding, and ultimately opting for a self-funded path. Lucy shares valuable insights on the challenges and pressures of VC funding, the importance of maintaining a strong relationship with investors, and the shift in focus towards building a sustainable business rather than solely aiming for an exit strategy.Key themes discussed include the impact of the COVID-19...
2024-06-2042 min
Katie's Leadership LoungeYou're not meant to do this aloneThis week’s show notes: Square Squad Build your Advisory BoardMentorloop - why you need a personal advisory board 7 people you need on your advisory board Gratitude Resources: Gratitude Practice guide - your quick start for moments of daily gratitude. Gratitude Workbook - explore ways to deepen or build your practice of gratitude.
2024-04-2821 min
Career Confidence"Asking for help is a superpower!" How to choose the right mentor with Lucy Lloyd, CEO of Mentorloop"Asking for help is a superpower! The more you ask, the better and more successful you will be!"
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On today's episodes, Lucy Lloyd, CEO and co-founder of Mentor Loop, shares her journey and insights on building a mentoring culture and the importance of mentorship.
She emphasis...
2024-01-1451 min
Advancing Women In Tech PodcastSustainable Growth As A Business Model | Heidi Holmes of MentorloopHeidi Holmes and an entrepreneur who saw a gap in mentorship and teamed up with her best friend, Lucy Llyod, to fix it with their solution MentorLoop where they make connections accessible.
Heidi Holmes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-holmes/
Mentorloop: https://mentorloop.com/
Host: Sydney Umeri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydneyumeri/)
Produced by: Sydney Umeri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydneyumeri/)
About Advancing Women In Tech (AWIT):
Website: https://www.advancingwomenintech.org/
LinkedIn: https...
2022-12-2020 min
She's The Boss ChatsLucy Lloyd - CEO and Co-Founder, MentorloopWow! This interview with the amazing Lucy Lloyd is a bit special! Lucy is the co-founder of Mentorloop, which is all about mentor matching, and making mentoring mainstream, and she shares her story about building the business, raising investment and how they coped during COVID with an openness and honesty that you will love.She came back from the UK after working in digital marketing for many years, and soon after she and her friend, and co-founder, Heidi Holmes had the idea of making mentoring much simpler for people. Lucy was a little reluctant at first but...
2022-11-1534 min
Learning Rebels PodcastSecrets to Creating a Workplace Mentoring ProgramCreating a Workplace Mentoring Program
What does it take to sustain and nurture a workplace mentoring program and prepare for challenges that will come our way?
To create a program both potential mentors and mentees will benefit from, we need to put a twist on the creation process. Humans, being humans it's not simply a matter of placing person "A" with person "B". It's about building connections that matter.
And just as important, if a mentoring program is poorly handled there can be detrimental effects. Research from the Journal of Vocational B...
2022-03-2342 min
The Right Connection, with MentorloopMentoring at Just Eat Takeaway: Meet Cristina Mas Cano and Lisa MarenaWhen Cristina Mas Cano wanted to make a move from Operations to Product & Technology, she wanted guidance from someone who can speak to the challenges that women in tech face. Lisa Marena was that mentor.In this episode, Cristina and Lisa share how they were able to work through that together. Cristina also shares how Lisa was able to guide her into finding her voice and being more confident in a male-dominated space.
2022-02-2410 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopMentoring at the IPAA: Meet Lisa FaldonMeet Lisa Faldon, mentor of one of our previous guests, Gemma Friedberg. Prior to being a mentor in the IPAA mentoring program, Lisa already had an interest in mentoring, even exploring the topic in her postgraduate studies.In this episode, Lisa shares her insights on the benefits of a formal, structured mentoring program, what made her and Gemma’s relationship work so well, and what she believes to be one of the keys to an effective mentoring relationship.
2022-01-2710 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopMentoring at Fitted for Work: Meet Mary Grech and Merredith MurphyJoin our Co-Founder Heidi Holmes as she chats with Merredith Murphy and Mary Grech of Fitted for Work - a not-for-profit organisation that is committed to helping disadvantaged and underrepresented women in the community find work, keep work, and navigate their world of work. In this episode, Merredith and Mary talk about the role their mentoring program plays in the work that they do and how it has grown over the years. They also share some fantastic stories of growth and transformation - a testament to the importance of the work they do and of m...
2022-01-2036 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopMentoring at the IPAA: Meet Gemma FreidbergSometimes it takes someone outside of your immediate circle to show you what you need at a certain point in time. In Gemma Friedberg’s case, she assumed that joining the IPAA mentoring program would just be a step in preparing her to move up in her career, as well as a chance to network. What she didn’t anticipate was that on top of that, she would gain was a renewed perspective on dealing with uncertainty and growing resilience, and the confidence to be just that little bit braver in her endeavours.
2021-12-0910 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopMentoring at WASMA: Meet Renée Gaspar and Drew NobleAs a young, female engineer in the largely male-dominated mining industry, Renee Gaspar knew that her experience would hold some unique challenges. In this episode, Renee shares how drawing from her mentor Drew Noble's extensive experience has opened her up to new ideas and perspectives that otherwise would have been difficult to find given the lack of female leadership in the industry.
2021-11-2509 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopNick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight Talks Culture and ConnectionMeet Nick Mehta, CEO of customer success company Gainsight. In this episode, we join him on a walk as he chats with Mentorloop co-founder and COO Heidi Holmes about the culture at Gainsight, how connections are made and maintained across teams in their organisation, the value mentors get from mentoring, and more.
2021-10-1025 min
Purpose To PerformanceMarina Sancho, Head of Customer Success EMEA, Mentorloop on; start-ups, teamwork, career development and mentoring.In her engagingly direct style, Marina talks about how she discovered her passion for working in the entrepreneurial environment of start-ups. Discussing the pivotal events that shaped her formative career and fuelled her success in the customer success space. Marina speaks about the art and science of teamwork and its importance in driving performance, especially in young, dynamic businesses.
We also discuss how coaching helped her plan and execute a successful career transition. Marina explains how she felt stuck and needed some help to unlock her thinking and challenge her mindset to gain clarity about where she...
2021-10-0535 min
CSM ToolboxLearning from Mentors and Mentees | Ep. 12Are you a mentor?As a mentee, what has been the process you follow when contacting a mentor?What have you learned from your mentees so far?This week, I explored the concept of reciprocal mentoringResourcesSimon Sinek: Why Reciprocity Improves Mentor Mentee Relationshipshttps://youtu.be/NrWg1qy2WNIMentorloop via The Customer Success Networkhttps://customersuccess.network/mentoringCoaching Station with Ronni Gaunhttps://hub.practicalcsm.com/coaching-station/GrowthMentor referral link
2021-06-1504 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopMentoring at the Ontario Bar Association: Meet Claudia García Mera & Robert RichlerSometimes confidence comes from seeing others taking their own leaps. Seeing Robert transition in his career from spending ten years in litigation to moving in-house as a lawyer for a mineral extraction company, Claudia connected with Robert to learn more about his experience.
2021-06-0110 min
TALRadioNetwork your way to a dream career!Networking plays an important role for a successful career. In this episode of Mentor Loop, you will learn of some simple yet effective resources available to build such networks around us.
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2021-04-1220 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopMentorship at Sea: Meet Julie Schaeffer"You don't have to be perfect to be a mentor or mentee" - Julie SchaefferIn our last episode, you met Carrie Norton - a mentor in the Women Offshore mentoring program. And today, you'll meet one of her mentees - Julie Schaeffer.Julie shares her mentoring experience and how her teaching background may lead the way to become a mentor herself, driven by the need to help other people succeed.
2021-02-2308 minThe Right Connection, with MentorloopWomen Offshore: Meet Carrie NortonThe Women Offshore Foundation is a nonprofit supporting the careers of female seafarers worldwide. Mentorloop proudly supports its founder, Ally Cedeno, to bring their community mentoring program to life. In this episode, we hear from mentor Carrie Norton. She shares with us her experience of many years on the water, the challenges that her unique working environment presents such as starting a family and how she supports other women excel an incredibly male-dominated industry.
2021-01-1911 min
Scale Up4.10 Celebrate your successesWhat makes a good mentor? And what should you do to be a good mentee? In our final episode of Level Up, we'll answer these questions and talk about how to get started with your own mentorship relationship. We're joined by Lucy Lloyd, Co-founder of Mentorloop, which is an online matchmaking site for mentoring relationships. She shares the lessons she's learned from observing hundreds of mentorship relationships in action. In an interesting twist, however, we learn that Lucy's own relationship with her mentor isn't the formal relationship you might expect from someone who runs a...
2020-11-2326 min
Level UpCelebrate your successesWhat makes a good mentor? And what should you do to be a good mentee? In our final episode of Level Up, we'll answer these questions and talk about how to get started with your own mentorship relationship. We're joined by Lucy Lloyd, Co-founder of Mentorloop, which is an online matchmaking site for mentoring relationships. She shares the lessons she's learned from observing hundreds of mentorship relationships in action. In an interesting twist, however, we learn that Lucy's own relationship with her mentor isn't the formal relationship you might expect from someone who runs a...
2020-11-2326 min
Reimagine LawYour Career Starts With Knowing YourselfDo you know yourself, your values and what drives you? How do you match these values up with potential career choices? There is a lot of pressure on school leavers, students and graduates to follow certain career paths, but how well suited are these paths to the actual person? This episode explores the importance of understanding who you are and using this to inform your path, whilst encouraging listeners to undertake some practical actions. 1. Consider where you get your energy from? Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Are there certain times of the day / activities / people / top...
2020-07-1025 min
Building A Unicorn🤝 Why Every Founder Needs A Mentor with Lucy Lloyd, CEO of Mentorloop
When you’re working on any new enterprise, starting a new career, or looking to move up in the world, you might find yourself wondering where you can go to get advice from people who have been there before. Sure, you could start surfing around online and you may come across some great self-help content… but in many situations what you might actually need is a mentor. Someone who can guide you as you go on your journey and provide that much needed advice. Lucy Lloyd is the CEO and Co-Founder of Mentorloop - and in this episode shares the...
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The Startup Playbook PodcastHustle Ep005 – Heidi Holmes & Lucy Lloyd (Mentorloop) on the hurdle testMy guests for Episode 5 of The Startup Playbook Hustle are Heidi Holmes and Lucy Lloyd, the co-founders of Mentorloop. Heidi and Lucy have been friends for over 20 years, initially meeting at school before initially heading down different career paths. Prior to Mentorloop, Heidi was the Managing Director of Adage, an online jobs board […]
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2017-12-1336 min
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.Startup & Mentorship with Lucy LloydStartup & Mentorship with Lucy Lloyd. Lucy is a business owner and the co-founder of Mentorloop. Mentorloop helps companies effortlessly build a mentoring culture for a more engaged, connected and productive business. She shares her personal journey, her experiences in entrepreneurship, and tips & advice on starting a business and the value of business mentorship. Henry Lopez is the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)
2017-10-2347 min
HR Happy Hour NetworkHR MarketWatch 6: Mentors and DealsHR MarketWatch 6: Mentors and Deals
Host: George LaRocque
Guest: Heidi Holmes, CEO & Founder, Mentorloop
HR Market Watch puts a special lens on new and innovative HR technology from emerging and established technology companies. Join host George LaRocque, Principal Analyst and Founder of the #HRWINS, as in this episode he is joined by CEO and Founder Heidi Holmes of Mentorloop, a new HR tech firm helping companies identify internal employee/mentor connections, and enabling those relationships to thrive. George and Heidi talk about how employers around the world are using mentor programs in new, innovative ways, like in support of inclusion and di...
2017-04-0456 min
Transform Your WorkplaceHow to Get the Most Out of Your Mentor ProgramGaining direct access to the knowledge and skills of others can be a challenge for those who have the desire to grow professionally. But what if employers could build an effective mentor program that that granted access to internal and cross-company mentors? What would effect would that have on the growth, development, and engagement of employees? Heidi Holmes, Co-Founder of Mentorloop joins the podcast to discuss how many organizations are uncovering the secret to building the most effective mentor programs to drive employee engagement and retention of top talent. Review us on iTunes T...
2017-03-0826 min