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Mentoring Solutions

All our mentoring solutions are delivered by experienced mentoring consultants, with over 20 years of experience in the industry. We have helped many organizations of diverse sizes, employee demographics, and missions to implement successful mentoring programs. Depending on the needs of your organization, our mentoring consulting and technology solutions can be purchased separately, together as a total solution, or in the unique combination of your choice.

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We can help you achieve tangible business goals through sound mentoring programs. Our consultants advise, evaluate, and implement mentoring programs for the following crucial objectives:

• Recruitment and Onboarding
• Talent Development
• Employee Retention
• Employee Productivity
• Diversity Enhancement
• Knowledge Sharing
• Employer Branding
• Development of High-Potentials
• Skill and Leadership Development

Customers

ACE Limited	Hartford Courant
Advance Electronics	Infineon Technologies
Affinity Federal Credit Union	Intel
American Family Insurance	International Truck & Engine - Engine Group
Ameritech	James Martin & Company
ASM Lithography	Kansas City Power & Light
AT&T GIS	Lockheed Martin
Banco Solidario	National Resource Conservation Service
Brunswick Corp.	NCR
Chicago Public Library	Pfizer Pharmaceutical
Citgo Petroleum	St. Francis Hospital
Continental Airlines	State Bank of Countryside
Coors Brewing Co.	State Farm Insurance - Texas
CSOSA (Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency)	The Plain Dealer Newspaper
CUNA Mutual Insurance Companies	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Discover Financial	U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta	Walt Disney World
General Re Insurance	YMCA of Greater St. Louis

* Customers listed are those of Cornerstone Consulting

Mentoring FAQ's

	Being external to our organization, how are you positioned to advise us on launching a mentoring program or improving our existing one?
	Our needs are probably unlike those of any other organization you’ve worked with before – are you sure you can help us with our mentoring program?
	I know that mentoring can really help my employees develop professionally, but what’s in it for our bottom line?
	How can we ensure that all the mentors and mentees in our program will work well together in their partnerships?
	Is there a specific type of organization that benefits most from mentoring or needs it the most? What if mine doesn’t fall into that category?
	How can technology help my mentoring program if it’s really the people that are most important?

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  Being external to our organization, how are you positioned to advise us on launching a mentoring program or improving our existing one?
  Our experienced consultants have been advising and implementing successful mentoring programs for over 20 years, for a wide variety of organizations. They are subject matter experts and implementation experts in the field of mentoring, and have the specialized knowledge and expertise to help your organization develop a strong mentoring program from any starting point. .

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  Our needs are probably unlike those of any other organization you’ve worked with before – are you sure you can help us with our mentoring program?
  We understand that each organization has needs which are absolutely unique. To accommodate those diverse needs, we provide a vast range of mentoring products and services that can be purchased separately or in custom combinations to create the exact mentoring solution that is right for you. We are therefore confident that your mentoring program can attain its maximum return on investment with our help

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  I know that mentoring can really help my employees develop professionally, but what’s in it for our bottom line?
  As the most important assets to any organization are its people and their accumulative knowledge capital, an effective talent management strategy is key to maintaining and growing the bottom line of any organization. With a good mentoring program, you retain top talent, ensure that each individual is progressing in a way that’s optimal to your organization, and boost productivity and competency overall. These people accomplishments will directly help you achieve your business goals. While our consultants are experts in mentoring, they are business leaders above all, and are well equipped to help you attain maximum ROI.

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  How can we ensure that all the mentors and mentees in our program will work well together in their partnerships?
  The quality of mentoring partnerships can truly make or break mentoring programs at any organization. Quality partnerships depend upon identifying qualified Mentors, having a sound mentor-mentee application process, as well as a sensible matching and pairing process. This is where technology can and does come in to power your mentoring program - our interactive, user friendly mentoring technology provides a mentor / mentee application, as well as proven matching and pairing tools for creating optimal partnerships.

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  Is there a specific type of organization that benefits most from mentoring or needs it the most? What if mine doesn’t fall into that category?
  While all organizations vary in HOW they can benefit from mentoring, there is no specific “type” of organization, per se, that needs it more or another “type” that needs it less. As long as you would like your employees to become more skilled, more productive, and to better leverage their greatest strengths for the success of your organization, mentoring can work for you. Mentoring is valuable for for-profit companies, non-profit companies, educational institutions, government entities, and other organizations alike.

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  How can technology help my mentoring program if it’s really the people that are most important?
  Complementing your mentoring program with technology can actually give your program managers and administrators MORE time to interact with mentors and mentees. It also enhances the quality and focus of mentoring partnerships. Among many other benefits, online mentoring technology facilitates sound matching-and pairing, increases administrative efficiency, enhances program capacity, and enables mentoring to occur well beyond the confines of the corporate office.

Recent Mentoring Articles

• 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Mentoring Program(May 11, 2012)
  Corporate mentoring programs are no different. To minimize challenges and maximize program results, we’d like to share seven recommendations that have proven successful to real-world mentoring program challenges.
• Insala Presents Hi-Impact Mentoring: How You Can Learn More From Others at CIPD 2012 HRD Conference in London(Mar 28, 2012)
  Insala chief executive officer will present “Hi-Impact Mentoring: How you can learn more from others” at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Insala Facilitates Mentoring Work Group at Hillary Clinton and U.S. Department of State's Women in Public Service Project(Dec 13, 2011)
  Insala's Director of Mentoring Services Judy Corner, has been invited to lead a mentoring and networking discussion at the launch of the U.S. State Department and Seven Sister’s Women in Public Service Project
• Insala Offers HR Professionals New Online Community To Assist With Mentoring Initiatives(Nov 8, 2011)
  HR professionals now have a new online networking community providing the necessary tools for HR professionals to greatly improve mentoring within their organization
• Insala Shares Best Practices For Mentor Matching, Ensuring Successful and Sustainable Partnerships(Sep 13, 2011)
  Insala, a leading global provider of innovative mentor and talent development solutions, announces its upcoming webinar - Matching mentors with mentees – How do you find the best possible match?
• How One Company Used Mentoring to Improve Time-to-Productivity for a Critical Role(Jul 22, 2011)
  So how can you ramp up new hires to be productive for your company more quickly? How can you shorten a new hire’s learning curve? And most importantly - how can you measure the results? The answer mentoring.
• Insala Partners with the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals to Provide Mentoring for its Members(Jul 18, 2011)
  Insala, announces its strategic partnership with The International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals (ISDIP), the first global comprehensive association for the diversity and inclusion field.
• How to Position Mentoring for Strategic Talent Development(Jun 8, 2011)
  There are many benefits of formal corporate mentoring program as a talent development strategy. For example, mentoring can be a cost-effective alternative or complement to traditional training programs, and a formal mentoring program’s alignment with critical business objectives can be clearly measured and demonstrated.