Mind the gap: call for applications opening soon
Mentorship does not need to begin when you feel ready. Sometimes the work of mentorship is what helps you become ready.
If you are aged 21 to 32, have an idea, project or professional goal you want to turn into something tangible, applications for the Impact Leaders Mentorship Programme will open soon.
In my experience, ambitious people often reach a point where they know they are capable of more, but what they are doing is not quite translating into where they want to go. There is a gap between the idea and the execution. Between ambition and articulation. Between knowing what you want and being able to produce something that demonstrates it.
That is the gap I work with.
I started the Impact Leaders Mentorship Programme for emerging leaders aged 21 to 32, across any discipline, who have clear ambition and something they want to move forward. The programme is structured and output-focused. Each mentee starts with their own idea, challenge or aspiration. We then work through the thinking, clarity, positioning and discipline needed to turn that into a finished piece of work. It might be a strategic document, position paper, presentation, portfolio, speech or another professional deliverable.
One former mentee built a full risk analytics portfolio around a system he had created for a UN organisation, then rebuilt his CV and LinkedIn to match. Another wrote a position paper on why no woman has ever held the UN Secretary-General role, alongside an elevator pitch rewritten in declarative language.
The point is not simply to leave with more insight. It is to leave with something you can use because ideas and aspirations that remain in your head cannot be seen, tested, acted on or built upon by anyone else. This is the Mindset to Output framework in practice. At its core is the ethos of the Impact Leaders Initiative: leadership shaped from the inside out. The internal work comes first. Clarity about what matters. Understanding your strengths and value. Disciplined thinking. Confidence in your direction. Only then can the strategy, document, presentation or pitch properly reflect the person behind it.
The reality is that many emerging leaders do not need someone to tell them what to do. They need a framework that helps them make sense of what they already have, sequence it, and turn it into something tangible. That is the gap the programme is designed to close. Mentorship does not need to begin when you feel ready. Sometimes the work of mentorship is what helps you become ready.
The call for applications is coming soon.
In the meantime, read the testimonials from previous mentees and explore the programme at www.margaretakullo.com. The mentees work speaks for itself.