Keep and grow your people

with personalized 1-on-1 mentorship

Guidepost Mentorship

A turnkey mentorship solution for purpose-driven companies

Just enroll your people and leave the rest up to us.

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Why Mentorship?

  • Hiring bright and diverse talent means nothing if they don’t want to stay in the industry. Mentorship boosts belonging and retention.

  • Young employees are more stressed, worried, and lonely than ever before. Mentorship helps people feel cared for and more confident.

  • Preparing future purpose-driven business leaders for the complex, dynamic, and high-stakes issues they’ll face takes time. Mentorship boosts leadership skills and potential.

72%

retention rate for professionals with a mentor versus only 49% for those without a mentor

87%

5x

A plug-and-play program with wraparound career development support

Our 9-month, cohort-based program provides mentee participants with:

  • A 1:1 match with an experienced and vetted industry mentor using our unique matching formula & expertise

  • Comprehensive training for mentees and mentors to help them make the most of their partnership

  • 1-3 hours of monthly meetings with their mentor

  • Access to our online mentoring platform to stay accountable

  • Enrollment in Career School, our monthly virtual career development education series

  • Two career self-assessments (CliftonStrengths and True Colors) and a workshop on how to apply their results

  • Ongoing partnership support and troubleshooting

  • Networking and professional community-building with other mentors and mentees

Program Cost:

$2000/employee

For information on bulk discounts or other program cost questions, please get in touch

Why Guidepost?

  • 10+ years of experience building, running, and scaling mentorship programs means I’ve learned lots of important lessons, stumbled across common pitfalls, and honed a slate of best practices. Things that only come with time in the seat.

  • Mentoring software is a significant recurring cost (think $8,000-$20,000 per year for a small program)! With Guidepost, your employees get all the benefits of an online mentoring platform without the ongoing financial and administrative investments.

  • Mentoring relationships can be inspiring and transformative, but they can also be disappointing and unfulfilling if the mentor and mentee don’t click. Re-matching is normal part of every program, but with Guidepost, you don’t have to be the one to facilitate an amicable breakup between the two internal staff members.

  • Oftentimes, mentees and mentors crave additional career development education and structured experiences they can share with their partner, but building and facilitating these opportunities takes time and expertise. With Guidepost, participants are enrolled in Career School, a wraparound career support program.

Past Mentoring Program Testimonials

2019 Skip Yowell Future Leadership Academy participant

“My mentor was an incredible resource throughout the program and will continue to be for me moving forward. He challenged me, made me think strategically, and never gave me the answers.”

2023 Patagonia Emeritus Council Employee Mentoring Program participant

"Had I not been selected for this mentorship program, I’m not sure I would have been able to handle some of the career challenges thrown my way. My mentor has been invaluable to me in navigating that this past year."

2013 CU Boulder Professional Mentorship Program (PMP) participant

"PMP was such a wonderful experience.  Every student at every college should be assigned a mentor.  It helped boost my confidence as a business professional and I gained useful everyday knowledge that I will take with me for years."

Mentoring Program Case Study: Patagonia + Path to Peak

In 2021, Path to Peak started working with Patagonia to help bring their vision for an employee mentorship program to life.

“We relied on Kristen Freaney’s ability to share her expertise and at the same time adapt to our culture. She was invaluable.”

Nora Gallagher, Chair of Patagonia’s Emeritus Council

Contact us

kristen@yourpathtopeak.com
(630) 400-3542