See it work before you scale it.
A six-month mentoring pilot, run end to end for you. A small group, real results you can measure, and a clear picture of what a full program would do for your people. All before you commit to anything bigger.
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Book a pilot scoping callCommitting to a full mentoring program is a big first ask.
It usually means a budget sign-off, a trip through procurement, and asking a senior sponsor to back something they have not yet seen work inside their own organisation. That is a lot of weight to put on a program before a single pair has met.
A pilot takes that weight off.
You get to see the whole thing run, properly, with a small group of your people. You get real feedback and real numbers. And you get to make the decision about a bigger program from a position of knowing, rather than hoping.
It is the difference between "we think this could work here" and "we have seen it work here."
The pilot is a complete mentoring program, just at a smaller scale.
It runs for six months, with ten mentoring pairs. That is twenty of your people, and there is room to stretch it to fifteen pairs if you have the demand.
It is not a stripped-back trial or a taster. It is the real program, with every part that makes the full version work, sized so you can run it without a large internal lift.
Here is what is included:
Planning
I sit with you at the start to shape the pilot around your people and what you want it to prove.
Mentee-led matchmaking
My matching process where the mentee has a genuine say in who their mentor is. One of the biggest reasons pairs stay the distance rather than fizzling out.
Training for everyone
Mentors and mentees both trained through my online portal, so every pair starts from the same base and nobody is left guessing what mentoring actually is.
In-person kickoff
I come to you to launch the pilot, set the tone, and get every pair off to a confident start.
Goals coaching session for every pair
I sit with each pair and coach the mentee to work out what they actually want from the program, then challenge and refine it until it is a goal worth chasing. The first goal someone names is rarely the real one. Mentees consistently rate this session as the best part of the whole program, and it is often the thing that turns a pleasant chat into real progress. It is included for every pair in the pilot, not held back as an extra.
Mid-point check-in
A pulse check partway through, so anything that needs adjusting gets adjusted while it still matters. Because the pilot is short, this one runs over Teams, which keeps it quick and easy to schedule.
In-person close-out
I come back to wrap up the pilot properly and celebrate what the pairs have done. It matters that this moment happens in the room.
Evaluation report at the end
The results, the feedback, and a clear read on what a full program would look like for you.
You get me running it throughout. Not a login to mentoring software and a good-luck email. Because your people deserve the human touch.
The Proof Is in the Results
The majority of our mentoring programs started from a pilot and have gone on to great things.
The program at the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation began small and has now run for four years. Read the case study here ->
Mentee average scores
4.7 /Ā 5
mentor match was great.
4.4 / 5
overall satisfaction on the program
"My mentor was AWESOME. The best. I feel like I struck gold with them!"
Mentor average scores
98%
keen toĀ volunteer for next program
4.5 / 5
overall satisfaction on the program
"The NLM program made it easy for people to mentor."
Who is it for
The pilot suits you if you have people worth developing and you want to see mentoring work in your own organisation before you build it out fully.
It is a particularly good fit if you need to show a sponsor or a budget holder real evidence before they will back a larger program. That is exactly what the pilot is built to give you.
What happens after the pilot
Think of the pilot as season one.
If it works, and the evaluation shows you what it did, the natural next step is to run it again, bigger. The pilot is designed to hand straight over into an ongoing program, using everything learned the first time round.
But there is no lock-in. You are not signing up to a multi-year commitment to find out whether mentoring works for your people.
You are running one well-built pilot and deciding from there.
Price of the pilot
One number. Nothing hidden underneath it.
$1,225Ā
per person
For a standard pilot of ten pairs, that is twenty people, and $24,500 in total.
That covers everything above. The planning, the matching, the training, the in-person kickoff, a goals coaching session for every pair, the mid-point check, the in-person close-out, and the final evaluation report. Run for you, start to finish.
And that is the full price. My travel to you for the kickoff and close-out is already built in, so there is nothing to add on top and no surprise line items later.
Book a pilot scoping callFew questions I get asked
Why a pilot rather than jumping into a full program?
What do you need from us to run it?
Are there any extra costs on top of the price?
Can the program be delivered across multiple sites or remotely?
What if we want more than ten pairs?
What happens at the end?
Who actually runs it?
A sensible first step, not a leapĀ
If you have been thinking about mentoring for your people but a full program feels like a big first step, a pilot is the sensible place to start.
Book a short scoping call and I will walk you through how a pilot would work for your organisation. No pressure, just a useful conversation.
Book a pilot scoping call