Mentorship Program Starter Guide
Stand up a mentorship program that outlives its champion.
A step-by-step outline for standing up a mentorship program with roles, cadence, and evaluation built in. In development.
Overview
What this is
A step-by-step outline for launching a mentorship program: roles, matching, cadence, and evaluation defined before the first pairing.
Written for agencies that need something they can run next quarter, not a multi-year initiative.
Audience fit
Who this is for
Written for people carrying the responsibility, not observing it.
Training units
A launch sequence with the decisions already surfaced.
Small agencies
A model that works without a dedicated program manager.
HR and professional development leads
Evaluation criteria that hold up to review.
Contents
Inside the material
Step 1
Define the outcome you are actually after.
Step 2
Roles, selection, and mentor preparation.
Step 3
Matching and the first conversation.
Step 4
Cadence, checkpoints, and escalation paths.
Step 5
Evaluation, iteration, and handoff.
Sample excerpt
From Step 1
A mentorship program without a stated outcome becomes a scheduling exercise. Name the judgment you want developed, and the rest of the design has something to answer to.
Next step
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