Making the business case for mentoring

This whitepaper will break down what you need to gain buy-in for your mentorship program from senior leaders.

What will you learn?

Depending on how your mentorship program idea originated, it may be required to get leadership buy-in. If the initiative to start a mentorship program came from the top, that’s great, but if it didn’t, then you’ll need to put some additional work in to ensure your program has the support from leadership it needs to succeed. To get buy-in you’ll need to put together a business case to present to leadership.

It is important that you customize your business case for your stakeholders, as every organization is at a different point in their mentoring journey.”

What you'll find inside

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Why your organization needs a mentoring program: In some cases, either you’ve already run a mentoring program with great success or have leaders inherently bought in. It is still important to cover the basics of why mentoring is important.

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Why you need mentoring software: If you are going to be the administrator of the program, you’re probably already convinced of this. However, the person who likely has control of the purse strings isn’t going to be the one working overtime for weeks on end to pair people together, so they may not see eye to eye.

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Why Together is the best mentoring software: Once you’ve convinced your stakeholders you need software, the last thing you need to do is convince them what software to use. We may be biased, but we think Together offers the best option for mentoring software for most organizations.