Mentoring Monday

How to implement a new Mentoring Program

When new employees join an organization it is always helpful for them to have someone that they are able to go to ask questions about their new job and also find new resources. By starting a mentoring program within your workplace allows current employees to develop new working relationships with newer employees and help put them in the right direction relating to the company.

Sit down and define the goals of the mentorship program within the workplace and set out how you will be able to track the program’s success. Setting goals helps identify what you want to gain from the mentorship program and how you will achieve these set out goals.

Create an identity for the mentorship program. Decide on a name in order to identify the program easily with employees, stakeholders, colleagues and potential employees. Also, a logo can be made to be able to easily identify the program visually.

Decide how you will place mentors with mentees. Will they be places with one another based on skill or experience level, personal interests or job function within the company, then match the pair.

Create an event, or schedule a meeting with employees of the company to introduce the new program and educate them on the functions of it. Without educating them, they will not be aware of the new program that is very beneficial for everyone within the organization. To add excitement trying serving refreshments, and have giveaways. It is possible that you might be able to offer some sort of bonus for employees that sign up for the new mentorship program to as extra incentive for joining.

Once you have employees sign up for the mentorship program, you then must place the mentor with the mentee. Having the first meeting in order for both mentor and mentee to meet and discuss their desired outcomes from the program.

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