How One Company Matched Every Employee to a Mentorship

The Diversity Career Podcast with Fexingo: Inclusion, Equity, and Underrepresented Professionals · Jun 5, 2026 · 8m · transcript

Episode 32 of The Diversity Career Podcast explores a novel mentorship model at a global consulting firm. Instead of leaving mentorship to chance, the company used an algorithm to match every single employee with a mentor based on career goals, background, and skills. Lucas and Luna discuss the results: a 25% increase in promotion rates for underrepresented groups within two years, and a dramatic drop in mentorship program drop-off. They also talk about the pitfalls — how the algorithm initially replicated bias by pairing junior women of color with senior white male mentors, and how the firm…