Welcome to Menttium’s Cross-Company Mentoring Programs! We are excited to partner with you!

Key leaders provide important perspectives for nominations of program participants – mentees and mentors. Use this sample email to communicate your partnership with Menttium and the key details needed to make nominations. Customize this to reflect your company’s goals for the program.

Dear <Business Leader Name>,

Our organization is committed to investing in the growth of our leaders. One way our employees develop the key capabilities to move into their fullest potential is through our successful partnership with Menttium Corporation. (For new clients, we suggest modifying to say “through our new partnership with Menttium Corporation”)

Why Menttium? 

Since 1991, Menttium has been a leader in professional mentoring programs which support leadership development and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the global business community. Their goal is to strengthen organizations through their people and help them thrive at work and in life – one match at a time.  They believe the right mentor can accelerate learning, increase confidence, broaden perspectives, and help key talent realize their true potential.

Menttium’s Cross-Company mentoring programs, personally match our leaders with an external senior level mentor for a 12-month partnership. Their mentor network is diverse and robust, consisting of over 750 active mentors from many Fortune 500 organizations. Providing our leaders with this external perspective fosters psychological safety and contributes to deeper innovative thinking for our broader organization.

The results speak for themselves.

• • 95% of participants in Menttium programs would recommend their experience
  • 95% have an increased desire to stay with their current organization
  • 93% are more engaged in the workplace
  • 96% experience growth in their leadership skills
  • 95% feel more prepared for that next step in their career

Through these partnerships, Menttium supports our leaders with goal-setting tools and expanding their leadership capabilities through additional resources like monthly business education webinars, a curated TED Talk playlist, and monthly eMinders to keep the partnership on track.

We have an opportunity for our key talent to participate in these innovative programs and we need your help. If you know a leader who is committed to their personal and professional growth, willing to commit 1-2 hours/month for 12 months and is ready to take their leadership to the next level, nominations are now open! 

Please forward your nomination to me by August 2, 2022.

Thank you,

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Use this sample communication to inform supervisors and managers of their employee’s participation in the Menttium program and to outline the expectations for managers.

Dear <Manager of Mentee>,

Our organization is committed to investing in the growth of our leaders. We are thrilled to share that <Employee Name> has been selected to participate in a unique leadership development opportunity with Menttium Corporation.

Since 1991, Menttium has been a leader in professional mentoring programs which support leadership development and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the global business community. Their goal is to strengthen organizations through their people and help them thrive at work and in life – one match at a time.  They believe the right mentor can accelerate learning, increase confidence, broaden perspectives, and help key talent realize their true potential.

Menttium offers Cross-Company mentoring programs for key talent leaders. Your employee will receive a personalized match with an external senior level mentor for a 12-month partnership. Their mentor network is diverse and robust, consisting of over 750 active mentors from many Fortune 500 organizations. 

Through these partnerships, Menttium supports our leaders with goal setting tools and expanding their leadership capabilities through additional resources like monthly business education webinars, a curated TED Talk playlist, and monthly eMinders to keep the partnership on track.

You play a critical role in supporting and reinforcing your employee’s learning and progress throughout this 12-month partnership. 

As a manager of a leader participating in this program, we ask that you: 

• Communicate this exciting news:  Share with your employee(s) why they were selected.
• Support them throughout the experience: Have a conversation with your employee about how they would like you to support them.
• Support Goal Progression: Assist your employee in developing program goals and looking for stretch opportunities when applicable.
• Encourage Engagement: Remove any barriers and obstacles so your employee can fully engage in the experience. During the program your employee will need time to attend the online Program Launch, meet with their mentor 1-2 hours/month, attend online business education webinars, and complete online check-in surveys.
• Provide Feedback: Complete a Pre-Mentoring Assessment for your employee and various check-in surveys over the 12 months. You will also be asked to complete a Post-Mentoring Assessment at the end of the program to help measure progress against goals.
• Respect Confidentiality: A critical factor of success for a mentoring partnership is trust and rapport. Providing your employee with a mentor from outside our organization, provides them with psychological safety and external perspective, which contributes to creative and innovative thinking for our broader organization. We ask that if you would like to know more about your employee’s Menttium experience, you engage with them during a check-in conversation. 

As the program kicks off you will receive a welcome communication from Menttium, sharing more information about how they will support you and your employee throughout the 12-month partnership. You will also be invited to attend a Manager Orientation to provide you with more details about the program experience. In addition, you will also be invited to the monthly Business Education Webinars and receive quarterly eMinders to help you support your leader over the next year.  

Thank you for your support.  I look forward to partnering with you and will act as your primary contact for questions.

Thank you,

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Use this sample email communication to congratulate mentee nominees and advise them of the upcoming Program Orientation.

Dear <Mentee Name>,

Congratulations! You’ve been recognized by your leadership team to participate in an experiential leadership development program with Menttium Corporation.

Since 1991, Menttium has been a leader in professional mentoring programs which support leadership development and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the global business community. Their goal is to strengthen organizations through their people and help them thrive at work and in life – one match at a time.  They believe the right mentor can accelerate learning, increase confidence, broaden perspectives, and help key talent realize their true potential.

What does that mean for you?

As a mentee in this cross-company mentoring program, you will be personally matched with an external business leader, which gives you the psychological safety to share openly and learn based upon your unique development goals. Their mentor network is diverse and robust, consisting of over 750 active mentors from many Fortune 500 organizations. You will work together 1:1 for a 12-month partnership, focused on what matters most to you and your career.

Alongside your 12-month mentorship, you gain access to:

• Attend monthly Business Education Webinars on real and relevant topics like: Imposter Syndrome, Executive Presence and Communication Styles.
• Grow and develop using supportive resources meant to guide you in your journey, such as a curated TEDTalk playlist and access to the Menttium Matters podcast.

In the next few weeks, you will receive a Menttium welcome email from support@menttium.com, outlining your next steps which will include attending a virtual Program Orientation. Your official program will launch on November 9th, 2022, with a live session from 10:00am – 11:00am CST. Please mark your calendar.

In the meantime, begin thinking about what you hope to gain from this experience, the goals you have, and consider how those goals align to our organization’s strategic priorities.

Congratulations again and best wishes for your success. We anticipate that it will increase your confidence, improve your ability to take professional risks, expand your decision-making skills and help you to spark innovative solutions to work challenges.

Thank you,

<Signature – HR point of Contact>

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Mentees and their managers will receive a Welcome to Menttium email with instructions for their next steps.

Mentees and their managers will complete the program pre-work including their pre-mentoring assessment, online profile, goal setting and phone interview.

Menttium will begin selecting a mentor for each individual mentee based on the pre-work data collected, taking into account their individual unique goals, career aspirations, ideal mentor criteria, etc.

Menttium will send match notification to mentees and gauge excitement level in the proposed match. We have a 95% success rate in matching, but will remedy and match concerns prior to or during the program year.

Mentees and mentors will attend a live webinar providing instructions for how to fully leverage the mentoring experience. Partnerships will establish their introductory meetings and begin connecting with each other.

Mentees, their Managers and Mentors will be invited to attend monthly Business Education Webinars, will receive monthly eMinders providing tools and resources to support their partnership and will receive quarterly check-ins from Menttium that will be aggregated and anonymized to share back with the program owner at your corporation.