Mentoring and Change Management: Integrating Organizational Mentorship with Change Initiatives

Change is an inevitable and defining force in organizations. While structured change management frameworks provide critical guidance, they often overlook the human dimensions of change. We investigate mentoring and argue that it should not merely support change initiatives but serve as a strategic driver of successful transformations, serving as a multidimensional driver of cognitive alignment, emotional support, and behavioral adaptation, and introduce a mentoring framework that addresses these areas while bridging the gap between the procedural and human-centric change elements. By interviewing participants who have been involved in mentoring programs yet experienced significant organizational change, we will identify their support experiences and perceptions of adaptability during the change management process. Identification of specific support structures, participant perceptions, and organizational outcomes will provide organizations with a resilient foundation for innovative human-centric change management practices.