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The PATH National Graduate Forum actively promotes Mentoring

Why bother?

Behind every successful person, there is one elementary truth: "... somewhere, somehow, someone cared about their growth and development . This person was their mentor"

Dr Beverley Kaye, Up is Not the Only Way, 1997.

A mentor is often viewed as a trusted friend or advisor

"Mentoring can be described as a two-way process in which both mentor and coach benefit from the networking, sharing of ideas and interaction that can lead to lifelong friendship and betterment of the sport".

Adapted from the Lacrosse Case study

The business case for mentoring

  • Manage knowledge
  • Ease transition to new responsibilities
  • Networking and best practice communities
  • To promote collaboration, diversity and inclusion
  • Obligation to help people win
  • Retain and develop talent

The purposes of mentoring are many including the following:

  • Personal development and support
  • Professional Development
  • Accreditation
  • Updating knowledge and skills
  • Fast tracking

The role of a mentor is to:

  • Coach
  • Facilitate
  • Counsel
  • Sponsor
  • Support
  • Motivate
  • Critique

There are many benefits to mentors including the following:

  • Good on CV
  • Opportunities for conducting your own skills audit and continuous professional development (CDP)
  • Accelerate Learning
  • Evidence for Lifelong learning
  • Evidence for investors in people
  • Enhancing your image - personal and professional
  • Developing network internally and externally
  • Enhancing leadership skills

Interested in becoming a mentor or mentee?

If you are interested in becoming mentor or a mentee you can let us know by accessing your profile page and selecting one of the three mentoring options available.

Who to contact

For more infomation on our mentoring programme, please contact veronica@pathuk.co.uk.


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