Join one of our mentoring schemes

Mentoring is a great way to develop your skills and enhance your career. CIPD members have the opportunity to get involved in a number of programmes – both as mentors and mentees.

Mentoring relationships work best when they move beyond the directive approach of a senior colleague ‘telling it how it is’ to a developmental mentoring approach where both mentee and mentor learn from each other. All of our programmes provide you with tools, templates and supporting webinars, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to become a better mentor, coach and people professional.

Mentoring with the CIPD Trust

The CIPD Trust is tackling barriers to work today, while creating inclusive workplaces of tomorrow by giving individuals and organisations the people expertise they could not otherwise access. We support people professionals to use their unique talents to create a fairer world of work.

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Member to member mentoring

Whether you need a mentor, or want to share your expertise to support another member, it’s never been easier.

Our online mentoring platform, with a quick and easy registration, gives you the tools and resources to make the most of your mentoring relationship.

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What our mentors say

The greatest benefit I've received from this experience has been learning different perspectives from my mentee, and being able to bring that into my work.

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The greatest benefit I've received from this experience has been enhanced self-awareness, and using some of the structured approaches recommended for mentors and realising how powerful they are.

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My mentee's perspective has challenged my own thinking and allowed me to reflect on some of the areas in my own life.

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I've been mentoring a woman returning to work after maternity, and talking through her challenges has allowed me to rethink some of the practices we currently adopt within my organisation.

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