The business case for Mentoring
What employee mentoring is worth, and how to get a yes.
What this presentation covers
What this presentation covers
What this presentation covers
Why it pays
Costs leadership already pays for
Early attrition, slow onboarding and a thin leadership pipeline all have a price.
What it costs
A budget with nothing hidden
People’s time is usually the largest line, so show it next to the cash.
- Program manager time hours × weeks × rate
- Mentor and mentee time time, not cash
- Software price × period
- Training and events kickoff, mid-point, closing
- Communications invitations and reminders
- Evaluation surveys and the report
Value from your own numbers
Break-even from your own baseline
Divide the program cost by what one early departure costs you.
What you can measure
The early signs, live from day one
See who joined, who is matched and which pairs meet, then report it.
Program health
Matches, meetings and the pairs that need attention, live.
Reports for leadership
Download reports as CSV or Excel, or a PDF from the preview.
Program health
Matches, meetings and the pairs that need attention, live.
Program health
HealthyLast 8 weeks · held meetings
- Mentees with a match 94%
- Invitations accepted 87%
- Matches that met in the last 30 days 68%
- Matches with a next meeting booked 61%
- Matches silent for 60+ days 2
Suggestions
4 mentees are still waiting for a match. Run “Calculate” on the Matching Algorithm page.
Reports for leadership
Download reports as CSV or Excel, or a PDF from the preview.
Program health
HealthyLast 8 weeks · held meetings
- Mentees with a match 94%
- Invitations accepted 87%
- Matches that met in the last 30 days 68%
- Matches with a next meeting booked 61%
- Matches silent for 60+ days 2
Suggestions
4 mentees are still waiting for a match. Run “Calculate” on the Matching Algorithm page.
Starting with a pilot
Ask for a pilot, not a program
A small, time-boxed test is an easier yes than a permanent program.
- One cohort small enough to follow closely
- A fixed duration one cycle, such as six months
- Success criteria agreed before it starts
- A go or no-go date results, then the next decision
Questions leadership will ask
Answers to the usual objections
Have a short answer ready before the meeting that decides the budget.
- We can’t spare the time one hour a month per pair, with an end date
- It happens informally a program reaches the people you named
- How will we know? a measurement plan, not a promise
- Is the data safe? processed in line with GDPR
One system, set up for you
All the tools that make management easy
Everything your mentoring program needs, ready to use.
- Applications
- Matching
- Mentor pool
- Mailing
- Forms
- Posts
- To-do lists
- Certificates
- Reports
- AI-powered dashboard
- Reminders
- Events
One system, set up for you
Admin dashboard with live program health
Live numbers, program health and what needs attention next.
One system, set up for you
All the tools that make mentoring easy
Give your participants everything they need for mentoring.
- Scheduling
- Meeting notes
- Video tools
- Calendar integrations
- Reminders
- Messages
- Time slots
- Resources
- Push notifications
One system, set up for you
A mentoring platform made for you
Easy to use, on every device.
Emily P.
Ryan C.
Grace K.Emily Parker7 meetings · last 7 OctRyan Cooper1 meeting · last 14 SepGrace Kim5 meetings · last 26 Sep
Tyler BrooksNo meetings yet
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