Mentoring refers to a developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner, or mentee. Through regular interactions (face-to-face, on the phone or via email), the mentee relies on the mentor’s guidance to gain skills, perspective and experience. Mentoring exists in many forms: formal or informal, group or one-to-one, structured or unstructured.
With roots in ancient history, mentoring now brings value to organizations and communities worldwide. Since 1991, Menttium has been a pioneer and global leader in formal mentoring programs. The internal and cross-company programs we design and deliver help organizations strengthen talent in ways that tie directly to business goals. Our mentoring philosophy is based on our proven methodology, tools and structure around training, matching, accountability, and more.
In our experience, mentoring succeeds when it is:
- Mentee-driven
- Mentor-guided
- Dynamically reciprocal with active learning
- Recognized as different from managing, performance coaching, or sponsoring
- Voluntary
- Confidential
- Structured and formal
Mentoring helps clients meet these business challenges:
- Retaining key talent
- Diversifying the leadership pipeline
- Attracting new talent
- Supporting business strategies
- Preparing for the future
- Integrating new employees and corporate cultures
- Remaining competitive
Mentored employees benefit from:
- The broad perspective necessary for sound decision making
- Access to new resources and the opportunity to build and strengthen networks
- The insight to become more effective and politically savvy
- The chance to take ownership of their growth and development
- Customized, real-time development that is unmatched by MBA programs, executive coaching and other approaches.
How does Menttium measure up?
- Menttium leads the industry with more than a 95% match success rate each year.
- Menttium program satisfaction rates consistently exceed 90%.
- Thanks to the prestige and value of our programs, mentors come back year after year at an industry-leading rate of 85%.
- We’ve facilitated over 50,000 mentoring partnerships since 1991.
- Our comprehensive network of clients, consultants, leadership gurus, mentors, mentees and subject matter experts spans the globe.
There are few talent development tools more powerful than a well-designed mentoring program. Our clients have come to realize this, and many have been with us since our founding. Organizations depend on us to understand their business and to develop and deliver mentoring programs that tie directly to their strategic goals, defining success at the outset so that everyone recognizes it when it arrives.