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Being a mentor at

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Plato is a network of mentors dedicating their time to help engineering and product managers solve their most difficult leadership challenges.

+1,300

Mentors available on our platform

+100

Companies represented

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Plato Marketplace - Connecting mentees and mentors together!

Companies enroll their employees through a monthly subscription

Mentees have access to:

  • a Plato Talent Coach
  • unlimited calls with mentors
  • online content
  • events (Workshops, Live Q&As, Elevate Conference)

Our Mentees

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Plato Marketplace - Connecting mentees and mentors together!

To give back to the community

To learn

To build personal branding

To network with other mentors

Our Mentors are volunteering their time.

�Why do they join? (and stay!)

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Who do you support and how?

Managers

How do I conduct better one-on-one’s?

How do I get better at giving and receiving feedback?

How can I better engage and motivate the members on my team?

What are ways to help direct reports grow in their career?

How to deal with an underperforming employee?

Individual contributors, Sr. Eng, Tech Leads and PMs

Do I want to go the manager track or the senior technical track?

How can I influence decisions without authority?

How can I build effective communication skills?

How do I explain tech ideas to non-tech individuals?

How can I grow in my career without having to go into management?

Senior Leaders (Directors, VPs, C-Level)

How should we build / formalize the career ladder in my company?

How do I set up a good hiring and interview process?

How do I align my team’s goals with the company goals / vision?

How do we think about structuring the team as we continue to scale?

How do other companies measure the performance of their engineers?

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Time-commitment for Mentors

Manage your availability directly from your own calendar

  • Decline your reserved slot to avoid being booked
  • If it’s already booked, you can reschedule

30 MIN

Fixed weekly slot

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One-off session

2 Types of calls

Recurring sessions

Your commitment

A single 30 minute session

Biweekly or monthly sessions that enable you to tackle long-term objectives with your mentee

The success of the platform also lies in the reliability of the mentor community

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Stories on Plato

Everything start from your stories

We have over 2,000+ stories from mentors about their past experiences and challenges.

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How our matching works

Mentees share their current challenge to their Plato Talent Coach

We look for mentors with relevant experience, thanks to data about our mentors and 2,000+ stories

Mentees can then book one of your upcoming available slots

A mentee sends Plato their current challenge

We look for the most relevant mentors

We recommend the mentors to the mentee