We're very excited to announce the launch of the QR_ Women's Mentorship Scheme — and we're keen to hear from others who are on a similar journey. As part of the effort to combat gender disparity in the engineering industry, we're excited to share our knowledge and experience of developing gender equality initiatives in the product development world, and to hear your stories too.
If you're a company in the engineering industry and have recently launched a new ED&I initiative: what lessons did you learn? How have you guaranteed success? How has data shaped your approach?
For QR_, the goal of our scheme is to empower and encourage QR_'s female employees to strengthen their careers through internal mentorship. It's the first of its kind in the history of QR_, and was born out of what we do best — a cold, hard look at the data, and a drive to improve.
The six-month mentorship scheme will allow QR_'s women to tap into the existing knowledge, skills, and experience of senior or high-performing employees, and broaden their personal development networks. We also hope it will start a dialogue on gender-related topics across different levels of the business, bring depth to our existing breadth of talent, and fill our leadership pipeline with the diversity necessary to navigate the 2020s and beyond.
If willing to share your experiences, please complete the form on this page — or reach out to Emma Lloyd, Eleanor Collins, Katy Macken, or Luyao Zheng directly.