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Deepen how you lead, listen, connect, and mentor.
The Kitty Congdon Mentorship Series is a signature Women in Motion experience for women who want to begin mentoring or become more intentional and effective in the mentoring relationships they already have.
Participants explore how self-awareness, trust, communication, listening, and connection shape meaningful mentorship. Through guided sessions, thoughtful conversation, practical tools/resources, personal reflection, and shared learning, women strengthen their ability to support and encourage others with confidence, clarity, and care.
Whether you are already mentoring in your workplace or community, supporting women informally, or considering becoming a mentor for the first time, this experience helps you deepen your understanding of what strong mentorship can look and feel like.
Growing as a mentor starts with understanding how you show up
Mentorship can take many forms.
You may already mentor employees, colleagues, students, emerging leaders, friends, or women in your community—even if you have never formally called yourself a mentor.
The Kitty Congdon Mentorship Series helps participants examine the way they lead, listen, communicate, build trust, and support others. It provides space to strengthen what is already working, explore new approaches, and become more intentional in future mentoring relationships.
This experience is not about determining whether someone is ready or qualified to mentor. It is about helping women at different stages deepen their understanding and strengthen their mentoring practice.
Who is this experience for?
The Kitty Congdon Mentorship Series is designed for women who:
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Currently serve as mentors and want to strengthen their approach
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Mentor others informally through their work, leadership, or community involvement
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Manage, coach, teach, advise, encourage, or develop other women
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Want to become a mentor but are unsure how to begin
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Want to build greater confidence in mentoring relationships
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Are interested in improving how they listen, communicate, and build trust
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Want practical tools for navigating challenging or important conversations
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Value personal reflection, meaningful connection, and continued growth
There is no single level of mentoring experience required.
Who is this experience for?
The Kitty Congdon Mentorship Series is designed for women who:
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Currently serve as mentors and want to strengthen their approach
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Mentor others informally through their work, leadership, or community involvement
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Manage, coach, teach, advise, encourage, or develop other women
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Want to become a mentor but are unsure how to begin
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Want to build greater confidence in mentoring relationships
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Are interested in improving how they listen, communicate, and build trust
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Want practical tools for navigating challenging or important conversations
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Value personal reflection, meaningful connection, and continued growth
There is no single level of mentoring experience required.
What you will gain
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Through the Kitty Congdon Mentorship Series, participants will deepen their understanding and strengthen their skills in:
Self-Awareness
Understand how your leadership and communication style shape the way you mentor.
Trust and Connection
Build stronger relationships through openness, consistency, and respect.
Listening and Communication
Listen with intention, ask thoughtful questions, and support meaningful growth.
High-Stakes Conversations
Navigate feedback, conflict, change, and difficult conversations with greater confidence.
Boundaries and Expectations
Create clarity and healthier, more sustainable mentoring relationships.
Intentional Mentorship
Develop practical tools and a more thoughtful approach to supporting others.
Participants also gain meaningful connections with women who value mentorship, leadership, and helping other women move forward.
Jes Averhart is a 4th generation entrepreneur, creator of Reinvention Road Trip® and 3x award-winning author. Over the last two decades, Jes has worked with a portfolio of Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations and high-performing individuals interested in increased personal growth and greater professional impact.
As a master-certified life coach, Jes has two decades of cross-industry corporate engagement having worked with Research Triangle Park companies, Google for Startups, Amazon, The Kroger Company, Fidelity Labs, Cisco, Wells Fargo, Palo Alto Networks and Blue Cross Blue Shield to name a few. In 2015, Jes co-founded Black Wall Street Homecoming, a nonprofit aimed at closing the funding gap for Black and Brown tech founders. While earlier in her career, she provided production management services for the likes of the Cincinnati Bengals & Cleveland Browns (NFL), Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), the Procter & Gamble Company and Pepsi Cola North America.
Originally from Evansport, Ohio, Jes moved to North Carolina in 2005 with her son Tre'. When she's not working, you can find her enjoying live music, walking local trailways and cheering on The Ohio State Buckeyes.
BSBA from Ohio Northern University
Master Certified Life Coach
Transforming Leaders Goodmon Fellow
Program Facilitator
Jes Averhart
The Kitty Congdon Mentoring Series is sponsored by the children of Kitty Congdon.