Mentornity Academy

Better mentors, and a badge that shows it

Seven short courses on the skills good mentoring rests on. Each ends with an exam, and passing it earns a badge the mentor can share.

Seven badges

Each badge is a skill, not a job title. A mentor in any kind of program can earn any of them.

Active Listening

Understands before advising: hears what is said and what is not, and sums it up briefly and accurately.
Powerful Questions

Helps people find the answer instead of giving it: asks questions that test assumptions and lead to a decision.
Entrepreneurial Thinking

Breaks an idea into assumptions, tests them with small experiments and talks in numbers.
Feedback

Gives feedback people can act on and asks for it in return: talks about the work, not the person, and agrees on one next step.
Trust and Ethics

Safe to talk to: states the limits of confidentiality up front, declares conflicts of interest, stays within the role and refers on when needed.
From Goals to Action

Mentoring relationships that get somewhere: asks up front what success means, ends every meeting with a next step and plans the ending.
Networks and Sponsorship

Goes beyond advice and opens doors: makes the mentee’s work visible, makes introductions with both sides’ consent and helps build a wider support network.

Take the course

Presentations and practice exercises, in the program, at the mentor’s own pace.
Pass the exam

20 questions in 30 minutes, most of them real mentoring situations. 80 out of 100 passes. Two questions are about safety and boundaries; a wrong answer there fails the exam whatever the score.
Try again if needed

Three tries per badge, at least 24 hours apart. After three, a 30-day wait, then three new tries.
Show the badge

A public badge page, valid for two years, that the mentor can add to LinkedIn. The mentor decides what it shows.

Mentors and coaches find the Academy inside the program, next to their other development tools.
A gold mark appears beside a badge holder’s name, so mentees can see who has trained.

Academy badges show completed training. They are not a professional accreditation.

Who can take the courses?

Mentors and coaches in a Mentornity program. There are no badges for mentees yet.

Which languages?

English, Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and French.

Is my score public?

No. The score is hidden by default, and the mentor chooses every detail the badge page shows.