Mentoring is essential in today’s world to motivate individuals and drive high-performing professional teams. Progressive companies are focussing on mentoring as a strategic initiative to tap into the potential of each employee. Combined with contemporary training techniques, if implemented successfully, it becomes an effective tool to yield positive outcomes for the individual, teams and the entire organisation. Hence most organisations are aiming to impart these skills to their employees to inculcate a culture of ‘engagement’ and ‘effectiveness’ within the organisation.