NurtureHer Partnership
The mentorship infrastructure your women deserve.
Custom-built mentorship programs for your early-career women and new hires. 6 to 12 months. Now with a two-way model: your senior women can become Big Sister mentors in the wider Adelois network.
The hidden cost
Your early-career women are leaving before they ever reach their ceiling.
Most organisations have the recruitment piece down. Where they leak women is in the first 24 months, the gap between hire and “this is where I belong.” NurtureHer is the infrastructure that closes it.
50%
of women in STEM leave their first STEM job within 5 years, citing lack of mentorship and advancement clarity.
Source · National Science Foundation
5x
more likely to be promoted — employees with structured mentorship vs those without.
Source · Sun Microsystems study
$220K
average cost of replacing one mid-level professional, including productivity loss and recruitment.
Source · Work Institute
A two-way model
Your women receive mentorship.
Your senior women give it.
Most mentorship programs are one-directional, you buy a service, your team consumes it. NurtureHer goes both ways. Your senior women can serve as Big Sisters across the Adelois community, scaling the impact of your partnership and ours.
It’s a partnership flywheel.
When a NurtureHer partner contributes senior women as Big Sister mentors, four things happen at once. Your early-career women get mentorship from across our network. Your senior women get visible leadership and contribution beyond your walls.
Our wider network grows, so existing Big Sisters carry less load. Our community deepens, which strengthens every program we deliver, including yours. The flywheel pays you back in retention, brand equity, and senior engagement.
You partner with NurtureHer
We design mentorship for your women
Your senior women opt-in as Big Sisters
They mentor across the Adelois community
The Big Sister network grows
Existing mentors carry less load, every program scales
Your women, your brand, our community all win
Retention, visibility, advocacy, sisterhood — compounding together
Two pathways · One partnership
Receive mentorship for your team. Contribute it from your team.
Every NurtureHer partnership includes both directions. You decide how much you want to use each one based on your team and goals.
Pathway A – Receive
Your women receive Big Sister mentorship.
Your early-career women and new hires are matched with vetted Big Sister mentors from across our wider network, including (where it fits) mentors from partner organisations.
- Curated mentor matching based on field, stage, growth area
- Bi-weekly 1:1 sessions and pod-based group mentorship
- Full curriculum delivered alongside the mentor relationships
- Quarterly impact reports for your leadership
Pathway B – Contribute
Your senior women become Big Sister mentors.
Senior women from your organisation opt-in as Big Sister mentors across the wider Adelois community — serving early-career women in LaunchHer, FutureHer, and the Sisters in STEM community.
- Structured time commitment (4–6 hours/month, capped)
- Onboarding, vetting and code of conduct managed by us
- Recognised publicly as Big Sister mentors with co-branding
- Counts toward your ESG / DEI commitments & reporting
Why it matters to everyone
A model where everyone wins something real.
The two-way model isn’t a feel-good gesture. Each side gets a tangible outcome that wouldn’t be possible without the other.
Your early-career women
A wider mentor pool
Access to senior women from across multiple industries and organisations, not just your own.
Your senior women
Visibility & leadership
External recognition as Big Sister mentors. A leadership credential that compounds beyond your walls.
Your organisation
ESG & brand outcomes
Reportable contribution to women in STEM at scale. Co-branded visibility moments. Stronger employer brand.
The wider community
A bigger Big Sister network
Your senior women lighten the load on existing mentors and scale our impact across LaunchHer, FutureHer, and beyond.
The Big Sister contribution path
How your Senior Women become Big Sisters.
A clean, structured opt-in process that fits inside your existing L&D and DEI workflows. Light-touch on you, rigorously managed by us.
Week 1
Nominate or invite
Your HR or DEI team identifies senior women who’d benefit from external leadership and visibility moments. They opt-in voluntarily.
Weeks 2–4
We onboard them
Vetting, briefing, code of conduct, and Big Sister training run by our team. Capped at 4–6 hours per month per mentor.
Week 5-6
Matched to mentees
Your HR or DEI team identifies senior women who’d benefit from external leadership and visibility moments. They opt-in voluntarily.
Ongoing
Mentor, recognise, report
Mentoring happens for the duration of your engagement. Quarterly reports show your team’s contribution to the wider network.
Why your Senior Women will want this.
Senior women in your org are often invisible to the wider community despite being some of the strongest leaders you have. Becoming a Big Sister gives them a real, structured way to lead beyond your walls with recognition.
- Official Big Sister title and badge
- Mentor circle & community access
- Speaking & advocacy opportunities
- External LinkedIn recognition
- Annual Big Sister network event
- Documented leadership contribution
Engagement lengths
Two engagement models. Both include both pathways.
Every NurtureHer partnership includes both receiving and contributing mentorship. The duration shapes the depth, not the model.
6-month engagement
NurtureHer Foundations
For organisations launching their first structured mentorship program or piloting before scaling. Up to 5 of your senior women can opt-in as Big Sisters.
What’s included
- Custom 6-month curriculum design
- Up to 25 participants per cohort
- Vetted Big Sister mentor matching for your women
- Up to 5 of your senior women onboarded as Big Sisters
- Bi-weekly live sessions & pod check-ins
- Mid-point and end-of-program impact reports
Ideal for
Pilots, ERG-driven initiatives, single-team programs, first-time mentorship partners.
12-month engagement
NurtureHer Anchor
For organisations embedding mentorship as ongoing infrastructure. Up to 15 senior women can opt-in as Big Sisters, with deeper recognition.
What’s included
- Everything in NurtureHer Foundations, plus:
- Up to 50 participants across 2 cohorts
- Up to 15 senior women as Big Sisters across the network
- Quarterly impact reporting for leadership
- Annual Big Sister network event for your team
- Co-branded visibility (case study, LinkedIn moments)
- ESG/DEI reporting deck for your board
Ideal for
Established DEI programs, board-reportable commitments, multi-team rollouts, year-on-year programs.
Investment is custom-scoped based on cohort size, customisation, engagement length, and the number of senior women contributing as Big Sisters. Discovery calls are always free.
Frequently asked
Partner organisations typically ask first.
How does the two-way model actually work?
Will our senior women have time for this?
Yes. The Big Sister commitment is capped at 4 to 6 hours per month, structured around their availability. Most mentors do one 1-hour 1:1 every 2 weeks plus light async support. We never overload mentors, that’s the whole point of the model.
What's the value for our senior women specifically?
Senior women in your org often have limited external visibility despite being some of your strongest leaders. Big Sister status gives them: external LinkedIn recognition, an official Big Sister title and badge, access to our mentor community, invitation to the annual Big Sister network event, and documented leadership contribution they can carry forward. Many senior women come back to their CEO with stronger external profiles because of it.
Can our senior women mentor inside our company too?
Yes, and we encourage that. Many partnerships involve senior women mentoring both internally (within your NurtureHer cohort) and externally (across the wider Adelois community). The external moments amplify the internal work and vice versa.
Does this count toward our DEI/ESG reporting?
Yes. We provide quarterly impact data your team can include in DEI scorecards, ESG disclosures, and board reports. This includes: number of senior women contributing, mentee hours delivered, retention impact for your cohort, and qualitative outcomes. Annual reports are board-ready.
What about cost?
Investment is custom-scoped based on cohort size, customisation depth, engagement length, and the number of senior women contributing. A 6-month NurtureHer Foundations for 25 participants plus 5 senior Big Sisters typically starts in the low five figures. Discovery calls are always free and we deliver a directional quote within 5 business days.