Over four decades, I have encountered thousands of mentoring programmes in dozens of countries. Many of them deliver superb results for all their stakeholders. Other fizzle out and leave no lasting legacy. The mentoring programme standards from the EMCC were introduced nearly 20 years ago and have been periodically updated. They provided the basis for…

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