A highly-vetted, in-person membership for accelerating women

It's important that you feel safe to share the challenges you're facing and get the support you need. One of the Startmate Collective core values is confidentiality, and Chatham House Rules must be upheld by all members.

We believe you get out what you put in. Given the exclusive membership group size, we want participants who are ready to commit to their growth and are present to support their fellow Startmate Collective.

For this reason, attendance is mandatory for Workshops and Peer Advisory group sessions. Participants who miss more than one session may be withdrawn from the membership*, so please get in touch if you have concerns about your availability.

‍*except in extenuating circumstances

This isn’t the end of the world. We encourage a healthy work/play balance (and talk about it all the time in exec coaching!). It's fine to go overseas or take some holidays, just be sure to give your Peer group members/Coach a heads up. Your membership will keep rolling during this time.

However, we prefer participants are not absent for months at a time or miss more than a session or two.

Note that we also put all sessions on pause for the end of year & Easter/ ANZAC holiday periods!

There are a couple of different types of mentoring/support women will receive through Startmate Collective.

Firstly, there’s peer mentoring. We group the intake into 'peer advisory groups' based on similar career stage. These groups are where women can work through professional challenges, soundboard ideas, and get feedback from other Startmate Collective who are facing similar challenges.

Secondly, there are in-person 'level ups', where we bring in an expert to lead a workshop on something Startmate Collective request more support with. Some examples of past sessions include ‘asserting influence through storytelling’ with Arabella Macpherson, ‘presence and body language’ with Lucy Allen, ‘having difficult conversations’ with May Samali, etc.

The membership is part virtual, part in-person.

In-person components (mandatory):

• Workshops --> occur ~monthly
• Peer Advisory groups --> occur ~monthly. Note: we highly recommend that these are in-person. But we know that life and work schedules can get in the way, so if in-person isn’t possible on month, then virtual is a good backup. Also note: these groups are scheduled by peers (not us) to allow maximal flexibility in available times

Virtual components:

• Keynote speaker sessions --> occur ~monthly and are optional
• Role Advisory sessions --> occur ~quarterly and are optional

Note: due to confidentiality and the need to create a safe space for candid conversations, virtual sessions will not be distributed publicly.