Being a mentor at
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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Companies enroll their employees through a monthly subscription
Mentees have access to:
Our Mentees
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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!)
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?
Time-commitment for Mentors
Manage your availability directly from your own calendar
30 MIN
Fixed weekly slot
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
Stories on Plato
Everything start from your stories
We have over 2,000+ stories from mentors about their past experiences and challenges.
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