How to manage a successful mentoring program ?

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM 120.000+ MENTORS AND MENTEES ON MENTORNITY ?

1) Answer this question: Why your organization needs a mentoring program?

• This will be an important source of motivation for you to reach your program goal.
• Do you think a mentoring program would be beneficial for organizational development or employee engagement?

2) Listen to your community to understand key development areas and expectations.

• So you can understand their real needs.

3) Analyze your community to find the best purpose for your mentoring program.

• Determining the purpose of the program is important to prepare useful content for mentors and mentees.

4) Design a mentoring structure or a freestyle process for mentors and mentees.

• You may create a program structure if you want to provide a journey with your pre-defined meeting topics, questions, and contents.
• Your program content will make mentoring sessions effective.

5) Collect applications and recruit mentors and mentees to the program.

• You can choose the best way for your organization.
• It's great to create different application forms for mentor and mentees.

6) Define the best pairing method for your mentoring program.

a- Program managers pair mentors and mentees

b- Mentees select their mentors

c- Algorithm pairs mentors and mentees

d- Mentors approve mentee requests

7)?Provide online or offline lessons, tutorials, and training for mentors and mentees about the following topics.

• What is mentoring?
• How to be a mentor?
• How to ask powerful questions?
• How to be a successful mentee?
• What is the difference between coaching and mentoring?

8)?Organize an event ( seminar or webinar ) about your mentoring program and bring mentors and mentees together.

• Kick-off events and webinars are an opportunity for mentors and mentees to get to know each other.
• It would also be a great start for you to bring your community together and share the details of your mentoring program.

9)?Try to get feedback from mentors and mentees for the first week.

• Are they happy with their mentors and mentees?
• Is the mentoring program content satisfactory?
• How was the first impression?
• What do you think about the next steps?

10)?Keep your mentors and mentees on the way

• Send newsletters, updates, posts about your program, your organization, and mentoring.
• Check your mentoring program activity.

11)?Use mentoring software to track and manage your mentoring program effortlessly.

• Mentoring software?makes your mentoring program scalable, measurable, and sustainable.

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