MENTORING PROGRAM PROPOSAL

CONTENTS Why Mentoring? (Mentoring Benefits) Program Goals & Objectives Mentoring Program Roles & Responsibilities Selection Criteria & Matching Methods Program Implementation Supporting Program Documents and Resources Program Evaluation

WHY MENTORING? Mentoring is a proven business strategy, with 71% of Fortune 500 companies running formalised mentoring programs. While the benefits of mentoring are understood, the scale and consistency of mentoring outcomes is often understated. Countless studies have proven the effectiveness of mentoring: EDUCATION RETENTION MANAGEMENT More than 60% of college and graduate students listed mentoring as a criterion for selecting an employer after graduation. Retention rates climb as much as 69% for mentors and 72% for mentees engaged in a mentoring program. Managerial productivity increased by 88% when mentoring was involved, versus only 24% with just training alone.

PROGRAM GOALS & OBJECTIVES What are you mentoring goals? Diversity? Learning and development? Succession planning? State them in this section – and create measurable goals and objectives for these goals. E.g Promote 50% more managers from internally over the next 2 years – which can be tied back to the goal of succession planning.

PROGRAM ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Who will be managing/administering the mentoring program? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. What are the expectations of mentors and mentees?

SELECTION CRITERIA & MATCHING METHOD How many people will be in your mentoring program? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. What criteria are you going to use in inviting people into the program? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. How will these participants be matched? And what criteria will they be matched on?

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION How long will the program take to implement? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. What are the stages of implementation? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Will you need any help or support at any particular stage?

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES Will mentors and mentees receive any supporting materials? Yes? No? What will they look like? MENTORING TIP SHEET 1. Lorem ipsum dolor 2. Sit amet, consectetuer 3. Adipiscing elit. Aenean 4. Commodo ligula eget 5. Aenean masa. Cum sociis 6. Natoque penatibus et 7. Magnis dis parturient 8. Ipsum montes dolor 9. Lorem dolor magnis 10. Amet sociis ligula MENTORING GUIDE EFFECTIVE TOOLS Dummy text and example of resources

PROGRAM EVALUATION How will success be measured? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. How are you going to prove organisational and individual outcomes?

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