The Hidden Champions: How Booking.com Mentors Close Opportunity Gaps for Women in Tech
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Concrete results: a targeted mentoring program called B.Champion pairs mentees with mentors alongside workshops and leadership training and uses surveys as the measurement tool. It starts in 2018 with 16 participants and scales to 160+ applicants, with 83 mentors available. Outcomes claim measurable change — 90% of mentees report objective professional growth, ~80% of mentors see impact, and 75% re-enroll — showing the program is built, scaled, and producing repeatable signals of success.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:21DEI in leadership
- 3:28Mentorship impact on careers
- 9:28Representation in leadership
- 10:29B Champion program
- 11:32Floriana’s mentee experience
- 15:01Mikales’ mentor motivation
- 16:47Mentoring support and skills
- 19:56Measuring mentorship impact
- 22:02Practical mentorship lessons
- 26:14Closing and DEI resources
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