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Coaching Initiative · CM-07
High-Potential Mentoring Program
ImpactHigh
Complexity3 / 5
Full Build-Out Est.$5,500Starting
The firm's best up-and-comers get thrown into stretch assignments and told to figure it out, or they're expected to pick things up just by watching a manager who's already stretched thin. A couple of good years in, the sharpest ones start taking calls from recruiters, because nobody built anything that actually developed them on purpose.
The outcomeA focused mentoring program pairs each high-potential with a real mentor, internal or external, and a development goal that gets checked on, not just written down once. Progress becomes visible to both the mentee and the firm, and the bench actually gets deeper instead of thinner.
What you get
- A selection process and a real matching step, not just an assigned name on a list
- Mentoring agreements with specific goals and a meeting rhythm both sides keep to
- Skill support for mentor and mentee alike, with a genuine check-in at the midpoint to adjust course
How we prove it · Your agreed metrics
- What share of high-potentials actually have an active mentoring relationship, not just an assigned one
- Progress against each person's individual development goals
- Retention and promotion rates for program participants against the firm's baseline
- What mentors and mentees actually say about the process, not just whether they finished it
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