Eureka! Professional Development
Mentorship Program
Mentorship programs within companies can be a wonderful thing. In fact, they often result in higher retention rates from happier, more productive employees. But they are not without their faults. In order for them to be successful, you need mentors who are well trained, can relate to others, have time and make themselves available. In todays world, leaders have less time and availablity than ever and people are forced to switch companies in order to advance their careers.
Problems
- Mentoring can be like creating clones. Great for keeping the status quo, bad for innovation and can result in passing down outdated information and practices.
- The people who need it most, are also the most likely to decline the opportunity.
- Mentors try to control people rather than teach them
- It just isn’t a good fit. Could be due to too many cultural or personality differences or simply because some people just don’t get along.
- While there is plenty of positive qualitative feedback from mentorship programs, they often lack quantitative results leaving ROI a mystery.
Solutions
- We increase diversity by including group collaboration and expertise from outside your company.
- We fill each class equally with volunteers and people who need it most. Also, we aim for a cross-section of people from different departments and experience levels.
- Our mentors are teachers first, who focus on the development of new skills. Your leadership can set boundaries and constraints for projects, but each person has the authority to lead thier own project.
- Not getting along with your mentor, you can switch. Because the mentors are not your boss, breaking up the relationship will not hurt your career.
- Each project has a quantified value to your company. This way you can see a direct ROI from the program.
How It Works
Get Started with Eureka! Professional Development Mentorships
Chat with an Expert
Get to know us and our content. After just 15 minutes you can decide if Eureka is a good cultural fit for your company.
Choose a Schedule
Mentorships require a minimum of 6 months, but additional time can be added as needed.
Select a Mentor
Our mentors have trained over a thousand students in person, online, and at universities. Each person can work with the mentor that they feel most comfortable with.
Achieve Greatness!
Each person will make a meaningful difference at their company as they apply what they learn to their professional role.
Schedule a Free Meeting Today
Near Cincinnati? We would love to meet for coffee and get to know each other.
And for those of you not in our local area, virtual meetings work too. Pick a 15 minute time slot and bring your own coffee.
Leadership and Innovation Skills
We want to develop a strong foundation for leadership and change into every person we mentor. We teach different skillsets based on the person’s role in your company, so they get the most applicable training out of the relationship.
Fundamentals
- Invent Ideas
- Persuade Others
- Learn Faster
- Application Project
Pro
- Fundamental Skills plus Advanced Topics
- Manage Systems
- Mentoring Others
- Application Project
Senior Leadership
- Systems Thinking
- Managing Innovation ROI
- Strategic Leadership
- Proactive Culture
Schedule
Private cohorts are for groups of people from the same organization.
Public cohorts contain people from different organizations.
Contact us for the most up-to-date availablilty.
November 2022
Fundamentals Private Cohort (1 remaining)
Black Belt Private Cohort (sold out)
December 2022
Fundamentals Private Cohort (1 remaining)
Senior Leadership Mentorship (4 spots remaining)
January 2023
Black Belt Public Cohort (11 seats remaining)
Fundamental Private Cohorts (2 teams remaining)
Senior Leadership Mentorship (TBD)
Mentors
The core group of mentors are all full-time employees at the Eureka! Ranch.
We have a community of certified black belts ready to assist when more expertise is needed.
Maggie Pfiefer
VP of Education, Innovation Engineering Institute
Innovation Engineering Black Belt
Brad Hall
Education Brand Manager, Innovation Engineering Institute
Innovation Engineering Black Belt
Masters, Educational Administration
Corie Spialek
Director of Operations & Innovation Coach
Innovation Engineering Black Belt
Maggie Nichols
Eureka! Ranch CEO
Innovation Engineering Black Belt
Let’s Grow Together!
Together we can empower people to be innovative in their current and future roles within your company resulting in meaningful improvements to your overall culture and future growth.