The Mentorship Advantage: Fostering Innovation and Creativity in the Workplace

Encouraging innovation in the workplace is crucial for the growth and success of any organization. One effective way to foster innovation is through the use of employee mentorship programs. Employee mentorship can provide valuable guidance, support, and knowledge transfer, which can inspire and empower employees to think creatively and take risks. This research utilised the qualitative systematic review to investigate the role of mentorship in organisations and how it plays a role in both employees’ performance and organisational success. It traces the various mentorship programs worldwide and other case studies in New Zealand, the country of the researcher. The aim is to establish a trend of how organisations who embed mentorship in their organisational strategies render a rewarding outcome revealed in their organisational competitiveness exhibited through their employees’ innovation and creativity. The research findings identified the merits of embedding a mentorship program in the organisational strategy. This has been reiterated through the various case studies validating how organizations have leveraged mentorship to encourage innovation in the workplace.