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mentee networking | midway boost

Join us for our mentee networking: midway boost where you’ll: 🤝 connect with fellow mentees and exchange experiences. 🎯 celebrate wins and share key learnings from your mentor journey so far. 💡 tackle challenges and discuss strategies for making the most of the last months. During the session, we’ll host breakout rooms for small group discussions, giving you the chance to: 👋 meet and reconnect with mentees from the program. 🗣 reflect on your biggest takeaways and how mentorship has shaped your journey. 🎯 identify key focus areas for your remaining months in the program. ✨ This is a space to gain fresh perspectives, strengthen your network, and set yourself up for success in the final months. Let’s finish strong together! 💬💡 📅 Date: September 2, 2026 ⏰ Time: 17:00-18:00

your next level: leadership

Join Sabine Reitmayer-Wawer, certified Business & Team Coach, LEGO® Serious Play® workshop facilitator, and expert in conflict coaching, for an interactive workshop designed to help you navigate the transition into leadership. Stepping into your first leadership role is more than receiving a new title or taking on additional responsibilities. It is a transition in role. And a shifting period in your career: from expert, colleague or high performer into someone who gives direction, takes ownership, creates clarity - and leads others. This workshop is designed to help participants consciously shape their own leadership identity. They will reflect on who they want to be as a leader, which values and principles guide them, where they are willing to compromise, and where they need to set clear boundaries in their leadership role. Through short inputs, guided self-reflection and exchange in small groups, participants will develop a personal leadership compass for their next career step. 📍via Zoom 🕒September 17, 2026 | 17:30 CEST Request your ticket here: https://www.femalefactor.global/events-1/your-next-level-leadership

off the record

You scroll through LinkedIn and see people becoming CEOs, launching companies, joining boards or landing what looks like their dream job. And at some point, you've probably asked yourself: How can I get there too? What did they do differently? Why does it feel like everyone else has the roadmap except me? The truth is, behind every promotion, career change or "dream job" are difficult decisions, uncomfortable conversations, sacrifices, setbacks, moments of doubt and people who helped along the way. Those are the stories we rarely get to hear, but they're often the ones we can learn from the most. That's exactly what Off the Record is all about. You'll hear from leaders who've taken very different paths, ask the questions you've always wanted to ask, and connect with people who've been exactly where you are today. Hosted at The Cover, Vienna's private members club, this exclusive evening brings together senior leaders, founders and ambitious professionals for the kind of honest conversations that rarely happen in public. If you leave thinking, "I wish I had someone like that in my corner," you'll have the opportunity to meet some of the mentors behind the female factor mentoring program and learn how ongoing guidance can help you navigate your own next chapter. 💡 Why mentoring? Because one honest conversation can change the direction of a career. 1 in 2 women experience a career jump after mentoring Women with mentors are 5× more likely to be promoted Mentees report a 55% increase in confidence Our mentoring programme is rated 4.8/5 by participants Applications for our next mentoring cohort open on September 15th, giving you the opportunity to continue these conversations with one of 250+ mentors from companies including Google, LinkedIn, BMW Group, Microsoft and many more. *This event is free for inner circle members. You can find the ticket discount code in the inner circle channel. Free members can purchase a ticket for €29 or upgrade your membership. Get your ticket now!

ambitious women from vienna & beyond — founders, operators, corporate leaders and rising talent, all in one room.

funding strategy for a sustainable future

Most mission-driven organisations rely on one or two income streams, and feel the fragility of that every time a grant cycle ends. This session introduces a practical framework for building diversified, resilient income across multiple streams, grounded in sector research and directly applicable to where you are right now. In this interactive community session, Deborah Majekodunmi, Social Impact Income Diversification & Funding Advisor | Founder, Beyond Grants, will share insights and practical approaches to building stronger financial foundations for mission-driven organizations. Together, we’ll explore: building a diversified income architecture across funding, earned income, and community-based streams building funding architecture that works beyond the grant cycle common fundraising and scaling challenges creating more predictable and long-term funding pipelines This session is designed to be interactive and collaborative, with space for: - peer discussion - shared experiences & best practices - live Q&A - practical insights participants can directly apply to their organizations Who is this for? - nonprofit professionals - founders of social ventures - community-led initiatives - impact-driven organizations - anyone building mission-first projects with long-term sustainability in mind Come ready to exchange ideas, ask questions, and learn from others navigating similar challenges.

the workshop to clients masterclass

Join Sophie Nicolas for an interactive workshop designed to help you turn your workshops into a powerful client-generating tool. Whether you’re a coach, service provider, or expert sharing your knowledge through workshops, this session will show you how to move beyond simply delivering value and start creating genuine interest in your offers — without relying on big launches, sales calls, or uncomfortable follow-ups. In this workshop, you’ll learn: ✨ A proven framework for turning workshop audiences into paying clients — so you can fill your programs more consistently and confidently. ✨ The #1 mistake that’s costing coaches and experts thousands in workshop sales — and why giving away more value doesn’t always lead to more conversions. ✨ How to create desire before you ever pitch your offer — so the right people are already thinking, “I need this,” when it’s time to share your program. ✨ The Compliments-to-Clients Method — a simple approach to moving your audience from “That was amazing!” to “Send me the link” throughout your workshop, rather than hoping a final sales pitch does all the work. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a clear strategy for transforming your next workshop into a sales opportunity — one that feels authentic, aligned, and natural. About Sophie Nicolas Sophie Nicolas is a TEDx speaker and workshop facilitator who has used speaking to sell out her programs, generate five-figure launches, and build a business without relying on endless sales calls or awkward follow-ups. She believes women have often been taught a version of selling that feels pushy, performative, and unnatural — making many brilliant women hesitant to ask people to buy. Through her work, Sophie helps coaches, service providers, and experts take a different approach: using workshops to build trust, create genuine desire, and turn more “That was amazing!” moments into paying clients. Her philosophy is simple: you don’t need to pressure people into buying. You need to help the right people feel ready to take the next step.

career consultation: levels of visibility in a corporate world

How visible are you in your organization, and how can greater visibility support your career development? In this career consultation, career coach Kate Kustova will explore the different levels of professional visibility in the corporate world, what distinguishes them, and how visibility can influence career opportunities, influence, and impact. The session will provide practical, actionable strategies to help participants strengthen their professional presence and approach visibility with greater intention. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Describe the different levels of visibility and understand why they matter for career development. Identify practical strategies to increase their professional visibility and impact. Create a simple, actionable plan to intentionally move up one level of visibility.

ai executive lab by google x the female factor

An invitation-only executive working session for senior business leaders exploring how Agentic AI can create measurable business impact—and what it takes to lead AI adoption successfully.

the arrival paradox: why the life you built abroad wasn't enough

The culture of achievement gives us the complete tool set to build the life abroad we envisioned: the goals, the roadmap, the discipline. What it doesn't give us is a single tool for what comes after, when the expected feeling doesn't arrive with the achievement. This workshop names that experience and gives you a way to find where you stand in it, and what that place asks of you next. Who it's for This workshop is designed for high-achieving women who got everything they set out to build abroad, and still don't feel the fulfillment they expected. Key takeaway Participants leave with the map of the arrival paradox (its phases), knowing where they stand on it and what their phase asks of them next. About the facilitator Livia Araujo is the founder of Clarae Institute. Her work centers on the arrival paradox: the experience of building the life you planned abroad and finding the arrival doesn’t deliver what it promised. Before founding Clarae, she spent a decade in senior product management roles, leading teams and products across Latin America, North America, and Europe before settling in Vienna. She stepped off that track to build the programs she couldn’t find anywhere else, grounded in personality science and positive psychology.

overcoming imposter syndrome

Ready to question your inner critic? This online webinar opens up the conversation around limiting beliefs, imposter syndrome, and the hidden patterns that can shape how we show up at work and in life. What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t a lack of skills or experience, but the story you’re telling yourself? Inner growth starts with awareness, reflection, and learning how to recognise the beliefs that influence our confidence, choices, and professional presence. This webinar is for anyone, at any career stage, who is ready to challenge their inner critic and explore how self-doubt can appear during moments of growth. WHAT TO EXPECT ✨ A clear introduction to limiting beliefs and imposter syndrome ✨ Practical reflection prompts to help you recognise your own inner critic ✨ Coaching-based tools for reframing self-doubt and building confidence ✨ Space to explore how these patterns impact career progression KEY TAKEAWAYS During this session, you will learn: 💡 Recognising common signs of imposter feelings and limiting beliefs 💡 Understanding why self-doubt often appears during professional growth 💡 Learning how to reframe inner-critic thoughts in a constructive way 💡 Gaining practical tools to support confidence, clarity, and action WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND ⚡️ Growth starts with awareness and honest self-reflection ⚡️ Your inner critic does not have to define your choices ⚡️ Confidence is often built through action, not by waiting until self-doubt disappears ⚡️ Your perspective, experience, and ambition deserve space This is a practical and reflective webinar designed for female professionals who want to grow their self-confidence and dispel their limiting beliefs. Whether you’re starting a new chapter, stepping into more visibility, or navigating a career transition, this webinar is for anyone ready to question their inner critic. Behind every moment of growth are often moments of doubt, uncertainty, and hesitation. Those feelings do not mean you are not ready — they may simply mean you are stretching beyond your comfort zone. 🔹 ABOUT LAMATU Monika is a certified professional coach and founder of LaMatu, an Amsterdam-based consultancy specialising in career transitions, leadership development and intercultural communication.Her intercultural expertise is grounded in her education, lived experience across Europe, corporate practice and years of coaching international professionals representing over 80 different nationalities. Over the course of her international corporate career, Monika worked for American, Dutch, German, French, Japanese, Polish and Swedish employers, including multinationals such as IBM, Philips, IKEA, Nikon and L’Oréal. Before making Amsterdam her home two decades ago, Monika had already developed a deeply international outlook through living, studying and working across different European contexts. Having visited 64 countries and speaking five languages, she brings a nuanced understanding of how culture shapes communication, leadership, decision-making, belonging and professional identity. Today, through her work at LaMatu she supports international professionals, expats, managers and organisations in navigating career transitions, workplace communication, leadership confidence and intercultural collaboration in the Netherlands.