Absolutely Brian Elliott. Mentorship programs are a game-changer, whether in person or online. The stats speak for themselves—it's all about creating meaningful connections and trust. It's fantastic to see how mentorship is helping both frontline and office employees thrive.
CEO at Work Forward | advisor, speaker & bestselling author | startup CEO, Google, Slack | Forbes' Future of Work 50
Mentorship programs drive ~2X higher retention, and don't need to be done in-person. T-Mobile leveraged software to build a #mentorship program that brought together 2,000 employees distributed across the US after their acquisition of Sprint. Not just office workers, retail workers participated as well. The benefits: ☀️ 78% retention rate among participants, vs 41% for those that didn't. ☀️ 26% more likely to get promoted or a higher level job. What matters most in the great mentoring relationships that I've had are factors like trust (confidentiality, reliability), clear expectations, mutual commitment and two-way engagement -- not whether we were talking in the same office. Connection is lovely, but if you want people to thrive, especially in the pressures of today's workplace environment, mentorship programs matter more. Investing in them also clearly pays off in #frontline as well as office employees! Great work by Brit Morse at Fortune and huge thanks Catherine Moore Nelson at T-Mobile for sharing what you're learning. #retention #connection #mentor #distributed #hybrid #hybridwork #remote
