Mentorship Advocacy & Sponsorship Impact Survey

Thanks for taking a few minutes to reflect on your mentorship relationship. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymized. We want to understand not just whether mentorship happens, but whether it turns into real advocacy — introductions, recommendations, opportunities. About 5 minutes, and your honest experience is exactly what helps us improve the program.

What is your role in the mentorship program?

• Mentee
• Mentor
• Both (mentor to some, mentee to others)

How likely are you to recommend this mentorship program to a colleague?

Thinking about your primary mentorship relationship, how much do you agree with each statement?

In the last 6 months, which of these have you done for your mentee, or received from your mentor?

• Recommended them for a project or stretch assignment
• Introduced them to a leader or key contact
• Nominated them for an award, promotion, or program
• Publicly praised their work in a meeting or to leadership
• Wrote or gave a reference/recommendation
• None of these

Rank these in order of what makes mentorship advocacy most valuable to you, from most to least important.

1. Introductions to influential people
2. Public recognition or endorsement
3. Being recommended for opportunities
4. Skill-building guidance
5. Emotional support and encouragement

Probe the reasoning behind the respondent's likelihood-to-recommend score by asking for one specific, recent example of mentorship advocacy — a real introduction, nomination, or recommendation that happened (or should have happened but didn't). If they scored low, dig into what advocacy was missing or what made it feel unsafe to ask for it. If they scored high, ask what tangible outcome resulted from that advocacy.

How satisfied are you with the level of support you receive in advocating for your own career growth through this program?

Thinking about a typical mentorship conversation, how do you split the time across these activities? Numbers should add up to 100.

• General career advice
• Skill-building or feedback
• Networking or introductions
• Emotional support
• Active sponsorship (recommending, nominating, vouching)

What gets in the way of advocating more actively for your mentee or receiving more advocacy from your mentor?

• Not enough time together
• Unclear what 'advocacy' should look like
• Lack of trust or relationship depth
• Limited organizational support or incentive
• Not sure who to introduce them to
• Nothing gets in the way

How long have you been part of this mentorship program?

• Less than 3 months
• 3-6 months
• 6-12 months
• More than 1 year
• Prefer not to say

Which best describes your current level?

• Individual contributor
• People manager
• Senior/Director level
• Executive
• Prefer not to say

Thank you for sharing this — it genuinely helps. Your responses will be combined with others to identify where the program is building real advocacy and where mentors and mentees need more support to make it happen.