What is HR mentoring?

What is HR mentoring?

HR mentoring is when an experienced board-level People Director professional guides and supports

someone less experienced in the field, helping them develop their skills and knowledge.

For your business, HR mentoring could mean that a seasoned People expert works with your HR staff, managers, or even you as a founder, to offer advice, share best practices, and help solve HR-related challenges, aligning people strategy to your overall business goals. It’s a way to build HR expertise within your company without having to figure everything out on your own.

The mentor acts as a trusted advisor, helping the mentee grow in their role, improve their decision-making, and handle tricky situations more confidently. This can lead to stronger people practices overall, which benefits your entire team.

We often work with clients to help them support an existing HR Manager who wants to develop into a more strategic role in the longer term but who is currently engaged in more operational work. With HR mentoring they get to learn new skills and approaches on the job, with the guidance and support of a seasoned professional at their side who is able to tailor their experience to the needs of the mentee.