Support, develop and retain your people through mentoring and coaching
Workplace mentoring and coaching have rapidly become essential components of how organisations support, develop, and retain their people.
Aiming to provide a pulse check on the role workplace mentoring and coaching is playing in businesses in 2025, this report brings together new quantitative research, undertaken with HR and People Directors from medium and large businesses across the UK, with qualitative research, undertaken through focus groups with workplace mentors and coaches. In doing so, the report seeks to understand the state of play in workplace mentoring and coaching and what the sector needs to ensure that their benefits are felt even more widely.
“We want our employees to feel their voices are being heard. We can’t always guarantee mentoring will lead to a promotion or a pay rise, but we want our staff to feel valued.”
The impact of Workplace mentoring and coaching
Our research aimed to take a pulse check on the role workplace mentoring and coaching is playing in businesses today, particularly in those large and medium-sized businesses where we know anecdotally take up of workplace mentoring and coaching is higher.
70% strongly agree that workplace mentoring and coaching has positively impacted overall business performance.
61% strongly agree that workplace mentoring and coaching has improved employee wellbeing in their company.
66% strongly agree their workplace mentoring and coaching programme had positively impacted employee retention and attracting new talent.
“We’re about looking after our people, and we want our people to always feel they can bring their authentic selves to work.”
The benefits of workplace mentoring and coaching
Our research with the HR and People Directors of medium and large businesses in particular revealed that these businesses are seeing a substantial positive impact. 70% stated that they strongly agree that workplace mentoring and coaching has positively impacted overall business performance, suggesting a direct link between this work and value on the bottom line for businesses.
“Mentoring works if it’s embedded into performance, you have to be reporting back on the long-term success of the programme and assessing its ROI”
Interested in joining the ABM?
Whether you are at the start of your business mentoring journey, or run an established mentoring business, ABM membership provides you with the network and tools to develop and grow your mentoring skills and business.
