Mentorship Program

“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.” — Bob Proctor

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Program Overview

The MJAA Mentorship Program helps Asian professionals gain the skills and strategies necessary to become the leaders of tomorrow. Mentees are matched to a close-knit mentorship family led by an Asian executive mentor, who has excelled in their chosen field. Mentors provide personalized feedback for each mentee to help them achieve their goals, overcome career challenges, and accelerate their career growth.

The program also provides in-depth training through a series of focused workshops to develop key skills in business leadership, management, and communication.

Who Should Attend?

The MJAA Mentorship program is ideal for early- to mid-career Asian professionals with at least 3 years of experience in U.S. or global companies, looking to advance their management and leadership skills.
The program focuses on developing skills to help:

Individuals looking to transition from an individual contributor role to their first management role.
Individuals who are first or second level managers looking to accelerate into higher management and leadership roles.

Mentorship

Our Executive Mentors

We are honored to have these successful executives share their knowledge, wisdom, and experience with us. Their perspectives in framing problems, adopting the proper mindsets, and overcoming challenges related to diversity and inclusion, have provided the foundation on which mentees are able to build their own career success.

David Jeng

CEO, Wintec Industries Inc

Denise Peck

Executive Advisor, Ascend

Peter Chu

Board Member, Startup Advisor

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Workshops

The program also provides in-depth training through a series of focused workshops to develop key skills in leadership, management, and communication.

2023 – 2024 Workshop Schedule

Please follow this link to check out the full program schedule

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Workshop Highlights

Below are just a few of the sessions you’ll attend as part of the program.

Effective Communication and Constructive Feedback

Communicating effectively is a critical skill for leadership growth; and ideally developed as early in your career as possible. In this workshop, you will learn frameworks for effective outbound communication.

Influence LEadership

Influence leadership is a competency that is needed in every stage of your career. Simply put, influence leadership is the ability to impact the behaviors, attitudes, opinions, and choices of others.

How to Tell a Compelling Story That Connects With Your Audience

In this personal storytelling workshop, long-time MJAA mentor and New York Times best-selling author Chris Yeh will explain the principles of storytelling, and how you can apply them to accomplish your professional goals.

2024 – 2025 Mentorship Program

How to apply

Please complete the program application to be considered for the upcoming mentorship cohort. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage applicants to apply as early as possible

MJAA Mentorship Program

October 2024 – March 2025

The program application will be available Spring 2024.

FAQs

Because this program focuses heavily on career and professional development we are looking for candidates who have at least 3 years of working experience.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate a strong desire for continued self improvement and collaborative learning. Candidates may come from any industry.

The Executive Mentorship program is ideal for early to mid-stage career professionals. There are generally 3 groups that benefit the most from the program: Individuals looking to transition from an individual contributor role to their first leadership role, Individuals who are first or second level managers looking to break into the higher rungs of the corporate ladder, and entrepreneurs looking to enter the market for the first time or are looking to scale.

Yes! For the 2023 – 2024 Program we are opening the option to attend the program both in person and remotely.

While we do not have any geographic requirements or limitations, mentor families based in the SF Bay Area or within other geographic clusters may choose to meet in person so long as all members are comfortable doing so.

Please keep an eye out for additional announcements

Starting in April our admission committee will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Accepted applicants will receive notice of their acceptance via email. Once accepted, applicants must complete payment of the program fee in order to reserve their seat in the program.

All candidates will receive a decision no later than 2 weeks after the application deadline of August 28th, 2023

The core of the program is made up of 10+ events (1 orientation event, 6 workshops, a few special events, and a wrap up party) from September 2023 to April 2024. Please refer to the program schedule for specific dates and times.

In addition, you will generally meet in small group sessions with your mentorship group periodically outside of the scheduled program. The total time commitment generally averages out to about 7-8 hours a month.

Mentor groups are primarily formed based on the information provided in your program application. Generally, group members will have a similar number of years of professional and management experience, as well as similar interests and professional goals. Efforts will be made to pair each group with a Mentor with relevant experience and interest.

Full day workshop sessions will consist of a keynote presentation in the morning highlighting the core theme of the day. Afterwards we will break for lunch before beginning a second presentation in the afternoon.

Special Topic Dinners and Fireside are supplementary events that mentees will have the opportunity to attend throughout the program. Special topic dinners serve as an opportunity for open discussion with executives. Fireside Chats provide a small private interview style seminar with top executives and venture capitalists. Both formats provide ample time for audience questions.

The program will conclude with a celebratory lunch to celebrate the completion of the program. All mentees, mentors, guest speakers, and volunteers will be invited to commemorate the occasion.

Though the formal program will conclude, program alumni will continue to have access to speaker sessions and networking events hosted by our Alumni team.

Those especially interested in taking an active leadership role in the program are encouraged to volunteer for the upcoming year’s program.

The cost to attend the 2023 – 2024 Mentorship program is $880.

Many companies provide reimbursements for professional conferences or continuing education. Check with your manager or HR team to see if you are eligible for these benefits.

MJAA is a non-profit Organization and is completely operated by volunteers. Program fees are used exclusively to cover the cost of venues, speakers, and other expenses related to running the mentorship program.

Please reach out to us at [email protected]