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Free guide · HR & People Teams

Stop leaving mentoring to chance.

A free, practical guide for building a mentoring programme your employees actually use — from matching mentors and mentees to keeping the momentum going after month one.

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Sound familiar?

Mentoring is happening — just not on purpose

Most organisations already have mentoring. It's just informal, uneven, and invisible to HR — which means only the best-connected employees ever benefit from it.

01

Access is a lottery

Some new hires land a great informal mentor. Most don't — and there's no consistent way to change that.

02

Managers are stretched thin

People managers want to develop their teams but don't have a repeatable process for pairing, training, or supporting mentors.

03

Good intentions fade

Programmes launch with energy, then stall — no matching process, no check-ins, no way to fix a pairing that isn't working.

What's inside

Ten chapters, one afternoon of reading

Everything you need to launch or fix a mentoring programme — written for HR teams and people managers, not academics.

01Why mentoring matters at work
02What mentoring is — and isn't
03Two types of workplace mentoring
04How a mentoring relationship should run
05A guide for mentors
06A guide for mentees
07Running the programme: HR & managers
08Matching mentors and mentees
09Keeping momentum: ongoing support
10Quick-start checklist

Who it's for

Built for the people who run people programmes

HR & L&D teams

Design a mentoring programme from scratch, with a matching process and support structure ready to roll out.

People managers

Get a clear playbook for being a good mentor — and for helping your reports find one, without becoming it yourself.

Programme owners

Already running a mentoring scheme? Use the checklist to spot the gaps that cause pairings to quietly stall.

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Your mentoring programme starts with one download

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Questions

Before you download

Is this actually free?

Yes — the full guide, no paywall. We ask for your email so we can send the download link and let you know when we publish new resources like this one.

Who is this guide written for?

HR teams, L&D professionals, and people managers building or improving a workplace mentoring programme — not students or academic mentoring schemes.

Can I share it with my team?

Please do. It's designed to be forwarded to anyone involved in running or joining your mentoring programme.

How long does it take to read?

About 20–30 minutes cover to cover, or use it as a reference and jump straight to the chapter you need.