1. Leaders of African-Descent Power of One Mentoring Program Presented by: William Nixon, VP of Operations - Professional Development

2. PO1 Overview

3. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 3 | Power of One | June 2007 Power of One Overview What is Power of One What is Power of One? A Mentoring Program Designed to Engage the C+ Managers within Lucent to aid in the development and promotion of African-American associates within Alcatel-Lucent. How Does it work? The Leaders of African-Descent National Board oversee the program. The Leaders of African-Descent Regions help identify protégé’s, and help provide local training and development opportunities for protégés. The Leaders of African-Descent National Board will work with the Regions in identifying and linking mentors with protégés. The National Board help to solicit C+ Managers to volunteer to be mentors.

4. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 4 | Power of One | June 2007 Power of One Overview What Are the Expectations for a Mentor? Mentor at least one to two African-American employees over the next 12 months. Aim to Promote or “Strategically Lateral” at least one African-American Employee over the next 12 Months. Support Leaders of African-Descent and its National and Regional programs. Enhance and Support overall communication of the skills and qualifications of African- American employees with other hiring managers.

5. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 5 | Power of One | June 2007 Power of One Overview What Are the Requirements for Mentor and Protégé? The Mentor should be at least 1 level higher than the protégé. The Mentor can designate the protégé they wish to mentor and vice versa. The Program is to continue for the duration of a year. At a Minimum, there should be at least 3 Meetings during the year. Mentor is to complete the expectation document with the protégé and supply a copy to the PO1 coordinator. Mentor is to complete a program evaluation with the protégé at the end of the program year.

6. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 6 | Power of One | June 2007 Power of One Overview What is expected of the Regional Teams? Partner with National Board to establish mentoring program. Participate on PO1 conference calls. Help solicit mentors from the AA & non-AA C+ managers within the regional community, and solicit and engage members as protégés. When applicable, help sponsor quarterly protégé training and development workshops. Protégé Training programs to provide formal training to members on key areas/topics: Resume Improvement, Interviewing Techniques, Networking, etc. When applicable, help kickoff and deploy Power of One Overview Workshop material to regional community.

7. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 7 | Power of One | June 2007 Power of One Overview What is expected of the Regional Teams? Monitor the progress of the mentoring relationships to report to National Board committee. When a protégé in region is assigned to a mentor, request regional team to periodically (3 months) obtain feedback from both the mentor and protégé. Feedback should include: # of meetings completed or planned, issues or concerns of either party, development, promotions, and mentoring activities underway or planned. Track the number of overall promotions, and/or strategic lateral and report to the National team. In the event the relationship is not working, the regional team should take steps to change the relationship or try to resolve the issues.

8. Deployment Summary

9. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 9 | Power of One | June 2007 Program Deployment Schedule Pilot (2006) PO1 Overview Workshop (Regional Teams) – July 16, 2007 Notification to Members (Overview of Program/Deadlines) – TBD Provide Assignments to Participants – TBD Check Point Status - TBD Track Program (Metrics) – TBD

10. All Rights Reserved © Alcatel-Lucent 2007 10 | Power of One | June 2007 Next Steps Visit www.ableinc.org to learn more about the P01 program.www.ableinc.org Alcatel-Lucent on-line training available for both mentors and protégé in preparation for the PO1 program: https://training.lucent.com/Saba/Web/Mainhttps://training.lucent.com/Saba/Web/Main Mentors - Course Number: LBL112W Protégé/Mentee – Course Number: LBL113W