Mentorship creates a social connection where an experienced person guides a newcomer through unfamiliar experiences, providing both practical direction and emotional support.
El mentor enfoca su consejo y guía en el desarrollo completo de la persona

Key Elements

Implementation Methods

1. Formal programs: Structured mentor assignment with established meeting cadence and goals
2. Big/Little systems: Popularized in fraternities/sororities, creates familial-like bonds
3. Onboarding mentors: Specifically designed to help new joiners navigate unfamiliar environments
4. Interview mentorship: Begins even before formal entry into a group or organization
5. Career development mentorship: Focuses on long-term growth beyond immediate orientation

Additional Connections

• Broader Context: Core Drive 5 - Social Influence and Relatedness (social motivation)
• Applications: Onboarding Design (implementing mentorship in new user experiences)
• See Also: Social Scaffolding (related support concept)

Resources

• From: Chou-Actionable Gamification

Citas

Mentorship (Game Technique #61) At the beginning of the chapter, I shared how powerful mentorship could be in a game setting such as Parallel Kingdom, but it is also a consistently effective tool in every medium of activity that requires sustained motivation. American universities are well known for their student social groups consisting of highly active fraternities and sororities. Many fraternities have rather long and involved initiation rituals for their new members. During the rigorous process of joining a fraternity, a “Big Bro/Little Bro” system is employed where an experienced member in the organization will be matched up with a new potential member going through a semester-long training process known as “pledging.” The Big Bro is there to serve as a mentor,not only providing directional guidance, but also emotional support to make sure the time-consuming process of pledging becomes more bearable. This practice has endured for over a century and shown to improve the Onboarding experience of members joining the organization. Having a mentor helps employees better connect with the culture and environment in the workplace. This can effectively increase overall work satisfaction and lower turnover rates. Unfortunately, most organizations require individuals to become proactive in finding their own mentors, making it difficult for them to find a good match. That is why it is beneficial for companies to create a systemized mentorship program that works to match their employees based on compatibilities. I would even recommend starting the mentorship relationship as early as the interview process, where the interviewer doesn’t just grind the interviewees but seeks to help them improve. - Chou, Yu-kai. "Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards."