Growth through Mentoring Interim Evaluation

Growth through Mentoring Interim Evaluation: Summary Report

Our Growth through Mentoring Programme is designed to support the development of leadership capability and strategic thinking of business leaders from high growth companies in the North East LEP area. It aims to do this by matching them with a business mentor with experience of successfully scaling a business.

The interim evaluation report includes an introduction to the evaluation approach; a detailed exploration of the programme; characteristics and targeting of participants; programme effectiveness; benefits and impacts and key findings and lessons for the programme.

Growth through Mentoring: Interim Evaluation Final Report

The North East LEP designed and developed the Programme, in consultation with members of the LEP’s Business Growth Board, alongside input from mentoring experts as well as local businesses. A dedicated Mentoring Co-ordinator1 was appointed to manage the Programme in October 2016, with Programme delivery getting underway from January 2017.

In September 2018, the North East LEP appointed New Skills Consulting to undertake an independent interim evaluation of the Growth through Mentoring Programme, to explore the programme’s impact and effectiveness to date.

This report describes the key findings and lessons identified through the evaluation process.