Guides & Cheat Sheets
- by Holly Burton
guides & cheat sheets
Free WIMDI Guides and Cheat Sheets
Welcome to the crème de la crème of career resources for women in male-dominated industries!
On this page, we've packaged up the key insights from some of our famous webinars, newsletters, and articles into handy guides and cheat sheets that'll help you kick ass and take names at work. Whether you need to learn how to ace your interview next week for that (amazing, terrifying, perfect) new position, or you're trying to figure out how to the hell to ask someone to be your mentor, we've got what you need.
Enjoy (and you're welcome!)
Fresh Out of The Oven
Career Clarity: Discover Your Dream Job
Trying to figure out what you want to be when you grow up but no idea where to start? Start here!
This workbook will guide you through 21 exercises designed to uncover your likes, dislikes, and too-audacious-to-say-it-out-loud dreams so you can break through your arg! I have no idea what I want to do with my life! crisis and make a plan for your career.
Interview Success for Senior Leadership Roles
Interviewing for a senior role and...feeling a little terrified? Wishing you had, say, a handy three-part guide that would teach you everything you needed to know to blow their socks off and land the gig?
Good news! The wonderful Teresa Duke, Executive Coach (and former recruiter in the tech industry), gave us exactly what you need to prepare for the biggest interviews of your career.
Learn the nine aspects of any executive role you need to understand before taking the job, plus a whole host of questions you should be ready to dazzle them with in the interview. Check 'em out!
#WIMDIwin
"I had a feeling my raise this year wouldn't be as much as I deserved. So I attended WIMDI's Owning Your Performance Review talks and used what I learned to prepare for my review.
During my review, when my manager offered me my raise, I politely explained to them that it wasn't adequate. Then explained my value, my worth, and clearly defined the value I create for the company. They tripled my original raise amount!"
- Anne, VP Professional Services in a Vancouver Tech Firm
Our Legendary 4-Part Mentor-Getting Guide
The Awkward Person's Guide to Asking Someone to Mentor You
Ready to get a mentor but shaking in your boots at the thought of your awkward self asking someone to mentor you? Don't worry. We've got your back!
Our four-part guide was tailor made for ambitious-but-intimidated WIMDIs like you. You'll learn everything you need to set yourself up for mentoring success. Over the course of a month, we'll deliver a weekly lesson to your inbox that walks you through all the details you need to become a pro at asking for (and getting!) the mentoring you need to grow your career to new stratospheric levels.
Your 4-Week Mentor-Nabbing Guide
- The Right Mindset: Taking your mentor conversations from scary to exciting!
- The Right Topic: Figuring out exactly what you want mentoring on.
- The Right Mentor: Identifying the perfect person to help you navigate your wildly successful career.
- The Right Approach: The exact words to say to get your targeted mentor to say yes!
#WIMDIwin
"I finally got a mentor that thinks I’m a badass! As a woman in a male-dominated industry, making sure I'm respected for the knowledge I have is essential, but it's a tricky line to walk when you're looking for mentoring. WIMDI taught me how to present my work, my skills, and the things I could offer in my mentoring relationships so they seemed valuable. Now I'm learning new skills and being seen as top talent."
- Elizabeth, Project Manager at a Pharmaceutical Company -
#WIMDIwin
"I had a feeling my raise this year wouldn't be as much as I deserved. So I attended WIMDI's Owning Your Performance Review talk and used what I learned to prepare for my review.
During my review, when my manager offered me my raise (which was a great number by the way -- 7%!), I politely explained to them that it wasn't adequate, and then laid out all the reasons. I explained my value, my worth, and clearly defined the value I create for the company. The result was that they tripled my original raise amount! I was only hoping for 1.5 times the original!"
- Anne, VP Professional Services in a Vancouver Tech Firm
Even More WIMDI Deliciousness!
From finding a mentor, to owning your performance review and getting your head around equity and share options, we've developed some amazing career-enhancing how-to's, cheat sheets, and guides. Whatever you're trying to learn to level-up, we guarantee these nifty little numbers are packed with great information and practical advice.
Our recommendation? Read 'em all!
