Mentorship that grows your people, not your to-do list
Guidepost is a mentorship consulting and program management company on a mission to help organizations provide their people with easy, equitable access to mentorship
What We Do
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Program Design & Consulting
We help companies envision, design, and build custom mentoring programs suited to their unique needs, goals, and people, with expert advice, best practices, and white-label-ready program resources
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Turnkey Solutions
Our in-house Guidepost Mentorship Program provides turnkey cross-company mentoring for organizations who want to offer mentorship without building their own program
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Existing Program Support & Management
We help companies audit their existing programs to elevate the program experience, get struggling programs back on track, and provide fractional program management in times of staff transition
Why Mentorship?
Retain, engage, & grow your talent
Report higher levels of job satisfaction and commitment to their organization
Are promoted fives times as often as their non-mentored peers
71% say their company provides them excellent or good opportunities to grow in their career, versus only 47% of non-mentored individuals
Employees who have a mentor:
Why Guidepost?
With 10+ years of experience building, running, and scaling successful mentorship programs at universities, associations, and private companies, our founder Kristen Freaney, has unique insight into what makes a mentorship program effective and sustainable. Her thoughtful program design and management process, slate of proven best practices, and understanding of common program pitfalls, allows her to provide clients with insight, strategy, and resources that save them time, money, and hard lessons.
Helping Bring Employee Mentorship to Life for Patagonia, Inc.
Guidepost’s parent organization, Path to Peak, began working with Patagonia in 2021 to help bring their vision for an employee mentorship program to life.
“We relied on Kristen Freaney’s ability to share her expertise and at the same time adapt to our culture. She was invaluable.”
Nora Gallagher, Chair of Patagonia’s Emeritus Council
Past Program Testimonials
2019 Skip Yowell Future Leadership Academy participant
“My mentor was an incredible resource throughout the program and will continue to be for me moving forward. He challenged me, made me think strategically, and never gave me the answers.”
2023 Patagonia Emeritus Council Employee Mentoring Program participant
"Had I not been selected for this mentorship program, I’m not sure I would have been able to handle some of the career challenges thrown my way. My mentor has been invaluable to me in navigating that this past year."
2013 CU Boulder Professional Mentorship Program (PMP) participant