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The significance of the mentor in organisations has been clearly established in the management literature. Having first defined mentoring and described the roles of mentor and protégé, the distinction between “essential” and “instrumental” mentoring is noted. The reasons for the present interest in this topic is discussed and the purposes for which formal mentoring programmes are established are indicated. The several steps to be take in setting‐up a programme are outlined, some of the problems which might be encountered are identified and what such a programme might achieve is indicated.