Starting mentoring at your workplace

Mentoring passes on tacit knowledge, helps newcomers learn faster and keeps experienced employees engaged. Even a small, well-designed programme can bring big benefits without large costs.

You will need

• Willing mentors and mentees
• A short mentoring agreement template
• Time during working hours, about 1–2 hours a month per pair
• A kick-off and a closing session

Steps

1. Define the purpose

   Decide what the mentoring is for: inducting newcomers, career development or transferring know-how before retirement.

2. Recruit participants

3. Form the pairs

4. Hold a kick-off

5. Make an agreement

6. Set aside working time

7. Follow up lightly

8. Close and evaluate

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