Developing a mentorship program within your company is hugely valuable, when it

comes to creating positive change & ongoing employee satisfaction.

A successful mentorship program will help to develop new leadership skills within the company, and help employees develop a path to a successful career with the help of a fellow employee.

There are two major things that need to be determined when developing the mentorship program:

1. The Program Objective

2. The Pairing Process

D E T E R M I N I N G T H E O B J E C T I V E ( PA RT 1 )

• Your company will need to know what your goals are before the program can be approved

• If there are several issues you think can be helped via a mentorship program…pin point the most important one to focus on first

D E T E R M I N I N G T H E O B J E C T I V E ( PA RT 2 )

• Make sure to work with company culture

• If your office is formal, make the application formal

• A more casual office can work with a more casual sign-up process

D E T E R M I N I N G T H E PA I R I N G P R O C E S S

This is hands-down, the most important part of developing your mentorship program. There are three major pairing options most mentorship programs will employ:

1. Group Mentoring

2. Peer Mentoring

3. Flash Mentoring

G R O U P M E N T O R I N G

• In this scenario, a group of employees collaborates to exchange resources and advice

• The goal is to work towards mutual professional growth

• There is generally a group leader in charge of facilitation

P E E R M E N T O R I N G

• This is the most commonly used pairing process

• Two employees that share a similar background/career path are paired

• The goal is to foster continuous learning and an ongoing transfer of knowledge

F L A S H M E N T O R I N G

• This is a series of one-time-only meetings

• Mentees get to sit down with mentors for a certain amount of time and have a discussion

• Protip: This is a great way to get execs & busy higher-ups to mentor: it’s low pressure and doesn't take up much of their busy schedule

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