The practice of Mentoring within organizations is dynamic and evolving in a rapidly changing global context.
Atom Wave, in line with the latest definition by EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) views Mentoring as: "A learning relationship, whereby Mentor shares skills, knowledge, and expertise with mentee through developmental conversations, experience sharing, and role modelling. The relationship may cover a wide variety of contexts and is an inclusive two-way partnership for mutual learning that values differences."
A Deloitte study reveals that millennials who intend to stay with an employer for more than 5 years have 68% mentors compared to 32% who do not.
A National Mentoring Day Summit survey found that 67% of businesses reported an increase in productivity because of the mentoring program in place.
Fortune 500 companies consider mentoring as an important tool for employee development having 71% of them mentoring programs in place (Center For Workplace Leadership 2016)
72% of participants (700 companies in total) rate Mentoring as the most effective method of Career Development (CIPD 2015)
Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (USA) found that mentoring programs increased minority representation in administrative positions from 9% to 24% compared to -2% to 18% achieved with other diversity actions.
A mediocre mentoring progam is worse than no mentoring. Unfortunately, corporate mentoring programs often fail because they have not been well designed. Mentors that are too busy, or disinterested are selected. No training or very basic training is provided. No reward or incentive is planned for those mentors that contribute in the program.
Each program is a separate Mentoring Cycle with a defined duration, best role-models as mentors matched with a selected pool of mentees, monitored to bring outcomes to be celebrated!
At Atom Wave, we have identified three Building Blocks that are essential for the creation of a successful mentoring program that will contribute to a culture of excellence.
Mentoring programs are effective and sustainable with appropriate planning and organizational support.
Atom Wave will support your organization to build a mentoring operational framework that include mentor selection criteria, matching processes, training, mentoring areas, monitoring and evaluation, and everything needed to make mentoring a successful developmental sustainable program that will work!
Non-traditional Mentoring requires advanced developmental skills around structuring thought-provoking developmental discussions that go beyond sharing expertise and advice.
We implement. monitor, evaluate your mentoring program. We offer Train-the-Trainer options. We are willing to pass our know-how of successful mentoring program implementation.
Atom Wave has pioneered formal mentoring in Europe since 2002. Mentoring is a powerful vehicle for tapping on company wisdom and multiplier effect of role models of a culture of sharing experience and learning.
Mentoring@Eurobank
A program initially addressed to the IT Department to address career development was nominated as the Best Developmental initiative within the bank. It then expanded to other departments and a Train the Trainer program was developed to build an internal team that would support the program.
“True developmental experience ...with measurable results and positive effect on work ethic. Solution focus works!”
Golfo AGAPITOU - Assistant General Manager, People Talents at Eurobank
"The S&B Mentoring program we co-designed with Atom Wave has been running successfully since 2007. [...] The professionalism, the client focus and the trust relationship between us, have been successful criteria for our collaboration."
Maria DRAPANIOTI
Management Development Manager S&B Industrial Minerals
