# Design a mentoring program for my organization

A structured mentoring program with goals, matching approach, roles, timeline, and materials for mentors and mentees.

- Topic: HR & Hiring
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Meetings, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/design-a-mentoring-program-for-my-organization

## Prompt

```text
Help me design a mentoring program.

**Purpose:** [e.g. "retain early-career engineers", "develop women into senior leadership", "knowledge transfer from retiring experts"]
**Participants:** [WHO can be mentors and mentees; how many]
**Format:** [one-to-one / group / reverse / peer; in person / remote]
**Duration:** [e.g. "6 months"]
**Resources:** [program coordinator time, budget, tools]
**Past attempts:** [what happened, or "first time"]

Cover:
1. Goals and how we will know the program worked (participation alone is not success).
2. Eligibility and a fair, transparent application process.
3. Matching approach: criteria (goals, skills, not just seniority), mentee input, avoiding direct-line reporting relationships, and a no-fault rematch option.
4. Roles and expectations for mentors, mentees, managers, and the coordinator, including time commitment and confidentiality boundaries.
5. Program timeline: launch, kickoff, check-ins, midpoint review, close and celebration.
6. Support materials: mentor orientation outline, first-meeting agenda, mentoring agreement template, conversation guides by stage.
7. Common failure points (fading meetings, mismatched expectations, mentors overloaded) and how to prevent them.
8. Evaluation plan and survey questions.

Make sure access is fair and the matching process does not favor any group. Check with HR on any local rules about collecting demographic data.
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## What to fill in

- WHO can be mentors and mentees; how many
- one-to-one / group / reverse / peer; in person / remote
- e.g. "6 months"
- program coordinator time, budget, tools
- what happened, or "first time"

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