My suggestion for people who are best at mentorship but are quite busy is for organizations where they work to grant them time for mentorship, say 1-2 hours per week for one month, per mentee. That way, they can have a considerably “robust” and effective conversations and if the said mentee wants further time with them, that’ll be at their discretion. This can be planned and scheduled well by the organisation.
I want to strongly recommend that every EA-aligned organization should provide or have a mentorship program that allows their staff who wants to be a mentor to be able to provide direction and guidance on the cause areas of their interest, their areas of expertise and competence. This is not compulsory but necessary.
Even though it’s not practiced yet and very debatable, EA aligned organisations should have an employment policy for the deduction of at least 10% from employee’s earning or salary. It could be from a certain pay grade or amount. Methinks, earning to give should be a default thing for everyone who identifies with the EA community, especially those engaged with direct work.
Let’s start putting our money where our mouth is.