Mentoring Program

The L&D Cares Mentoring Program

The L&D Cares Mentoring Program connects industry veterans to L&D Cares Members at no cost, providing one-to-one mentoring. Our program:

  • Matches L&D Cares Members to a mentor

  • Provides the mentee a minimum of three mentoring sessions with their mentor

You must be an L&D cares Member to participate as a mentee in the Mentoring Program. To join, complete a membership application. Membership is free.

Our Mentoring Philosophy

Mentoring is a voluntary professional development approach that can contribute to career growth and satisfaction for mentees and mentors. Mentoring occurs when a more experienced professional (mentor) guides a less experienced professional (mentee) to:

  • Thrive and flourish in their career

  • Grow professionally

  • Enhance success in their current role

  • Address challenging situations

  • Effectively navigate their company or industry


L&D Cares offers mentoring with either a one-time conversation, or a maximum of three conversations. At their discretion, both the mentor and mentee can determine to continue beyond three sessions. L&D Cares encourages the mentor and mentee to establish the type of mentoring relationship that best suits the needs of the mentee. Each L&D Cares mentor is approved by our Board of Directors and is an industry professional either currently serving or has served in the profession.

Types of Mentoring Supported by L&D Cares

We believe the cornerstone of effective mentoring is the one-to-one conversation between the mentor and mentee. L&D Cares believes the primary goal of mentoring is to focus on the specific, individual needs of the mentee. Our mentors help our member mentees in a number of ways, including:

  • Guiding (especially in challenging situations)

  • Asking open ended questions to get to the root of the mentee’s purpose and needs

  • Problem solving

  • Offering suggestions and feedback

  • Providing information

  • Sharing resources

  • Skill-building

  • Reflecting on what they observe


L&D Cares supports our mentors and mentees with a formal matching process to assist in selecting and/or pairing mentees and mentors.

You must be an L&D cares Member to participate as a mentee in the Mentoring Program.
To join, complete a membership application. Membership is free.