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Find and ask
A Fit Finder card, a Growth Goal card and a Shortlist and Ask Message help you choose the kind of help you want and ask with confidence.
Camderson Academy · CA-WH-012
Learn from the people around you and help them grow too.
A practical, self-paced course for anyone who wants a mentor, has been asked to mentor or wants a peer to learn with, in every role and department. Learn to find the right person, make the ask, start with a clear agreement, get the most from each conversation, help others well and close a pairing kindly, with cards and templates you keep.
About 3 hours · 6 lessons · Beginner · For every role and level · Self-paced · Tools you keep
Learning with colleagues can be clearer, warmer and more rewarding.
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Start and learn
A Mentoring Agreement, a Meeting Prep Sheet and a Thank-and-Progress starter turn each conversation into progress you can see.
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Give back and close well
Mentor Response Cards, a 30 minute Peer Coaching Session Guide and a Closing Note help you support others and end a pairing on good terms.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
Practical outcomes, each practiced in an exercise and checked in the final assessment or the capstone.
- Tell mentoring, coaching, peer coaching, sponsorship and buddy support apart and choose the best fit.
- Write a Growth Goal, a shortlist of five people and a four sentence ask.
- Complete a Mentoring Agreement with goals, rhythm, what stays between you, what is off limits and a review.
- Prepare a meeting agenda, take notes you can act on and write a Thank-and-Progress message.
- Choose among five mentor responses across levels, functions and locations.
- Run a 30 minute peer coaching session, plan four sessions and close a pairing well.
Your toolkit
Simple tools for learning with others
Fit Finder card
Need · One way or both ways · How long · Fit
Write what you need in one sentence and match it to buddy support, mentoring, coaching, peer coaching or sponsorship.
Growth Goal card, Shortlist and Ask Message
Goal · Five people · Reasons · Ask
Write a one-sentence Growth Goal, a shortlist of five people with a reason each and a four sentence ask with an easy way to say no.
Mentoring Agreement template
Goals · Rhythm · Between us · Off limits · Review and end
Agree goals, rhythm, what you keep between you, what is off limits and when to review or end, as a draft to adapt.
Meeting Prep Sheet and Thank-and-Progress message starter
Update · One question · One ask · Three lines
Prepare an update, one question and one ask, take notes you can act on and send three lines of thanks, progress and next.
Mentor Response Cards
Listen · Check · Choose · Say it is yours to offer
Choose among five responses: share a story, offer a view, ask a question, connect to a person or say I do not know.
Peer Coaching Session Guide, four session plan, Closing Note and Review Check
Check-in · Topic each · Commitments · Review · Close
Run a 30 minute peer session, plan four sessions and a review, and write a closing note with a next step.
Find the fit. Ask. Agree. Prepare. Help. Close well.
Curriculum
Inside the course
2 modules, 6 lessons with worked examples
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Choose and Begin
Tell the kinds of help apart, find the right person and make the ask, and start with a clear agreement.
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Grow Together and Close Well
Be a prepared mentee, help others well across differences, run peer coaching sessions and close a pairing kindly.
What is included
Skills, tools and templates you keep and use in your work
- 6 lessons, each with a written lesson, worked examples and figures, at your own pace
- One short worked example in every lesson, using a generic role
- A fillable Workbook with Try it and Reflect pages for every lesson
- Mentoring Templates (Word) for every teaching tool
- A practice tracker with live formulas, a solutions version and a reusable template
- Quick Reference Cards and the Worked Examples Pack
- An optional visual companion PDF with every lesson figure
- Knowledge checks for every module and a 20-question final assessment
- A capstone you can build for your own team or the example scenario, with a rubric you use to check your own work
- Access to the Camderson Academy community
- A Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment and the capstone
Is this course right for you?
This course is for you if
- You want a mentor, have been asked to mentor, or want a peer to learn with, and you want a clear plan and plain scripts
- You want each conversation to turn into progress you can see, and a kind way to review or end a pairing
- You want the same simple habits for everyone on your team who learns with others, whatever the department
It is not the right fit if
- You need legal, financial, medical or professional advice about a particular situation, or a course that states what any law, rule or policy requires
- You want to design or run a formal mentoring program, or you want counseling or therapy
- You want coaching conversation skills in depth (see CA-LM-005) or training on a single named tool (this course is vendor-neutral)
Your instructor
Meet your instructor
Taught by Camderson Advisory
A consulting firm for practical workplace skills
Your instructor is Camderson Advisory, a consulting firm that helps organizations build practical skills for the people who do the work. In this course, your instructor helps you build everyday habits for learning with others and gives you plain words for asking, agreeing, preparing, helping and closing well.
About
About Camderson Academy
Camderson Academy is the education division of Camderson Advisory Services. Camderson helps leaders build organizations that work without them in the room. Everything we teach has been used in a real organization first.
Training a team?
We offer group enrollment for teams and whole organizations that want everyone, in every role and department, to build the same skills. Email connect@camderson.com to talk through your group.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need any experience or a previous course?
No. There is no prerequisite, though it helps to have a growth goal in mind. The examples use short, stand-alone roles such as a drafter, an engineer, a field surveyor and a business development associate, and every exercise works for any role.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who wants a mentor, has been asked to mentor, or wants a peer to learn with, in any role or department, including new hires, specialists, supervisors, project leads and people paired across departments or locations. The examples use generic roles, and the skills fit every kind of organization.
How long do I have access?
Your access does not expire. We review the course on a regular cycle, and any updates are added for you at no extra cost.
How long does it take?
About 3 hours in total, including the written lessons, the Try it exercises, the knowledge checks, the final assessment and the capstone. Everything is self-paced.
Questions about your purchase?
Email support through academy.camderson.com.
What tools do I need?
A spreadsheet program that opens .xlsx files (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers or LibreOffice Calc), a word processor that opens .docx files and a PDF reader. All templates and practice files are included as downloads.
Do I have to use my own work for the capstone?
No. You can build your plan from the practice scenarios included in the course. If you use your own work, leave out names, confidential details and anything that could identify a person.
Does the course recommend products or give professional advice?
No. It recommends no products or vendors, and it is general education, not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice. These courses support good practice. They do not by themselves satisfy any legal or regulatory training requirement. It states no law, rule or policy, including nothing about privacy, reporting or who may mentor whom, and finishing it does not qualify anyone as a professional coach, mentor or counselor. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change, so before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization, tool or author named in the sources.
What does the certificate confirm?
You receive a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion after passing the final assessment and completing the capstone. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course.
How was this course written and checked?
This course was written and edited by Camderson Advisory. Sources are listed with the date each was read. Where a source could not be opened on that date, the Sources page says so. This course teaches skills for everyday work. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice. Laws and rules vary by place and change over time, so talk with your own attorney or qualified professional about your situation. Last updated: November 2026. Next planned review: November 2027.
Learn from the people around you and help them grow too.
Self-paced, about 3 hours, with a Workbook, templates, Quick Reference Cards and a practice tracker.
This course earns a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course. This course is general education about everyday skills for learning from colleagues and helping them grow: telling the kinds of workplace help apart, finding a mentor or peer coaching partner and making the ask, starting with a written agreement, being a prepared mentee, being a helpful mentor, running peer coaching sessions and closing a pairing well. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice for your particular situation, it does not promise any particular result, and it does not replace your own organization's policies, procedures or the people it names to answer questions. It does not cover designing or running a formal mentoring program, counseling or therapy, sponsorship or promotion decisions, or any pay, leave or benefits matter, and it says nothing about what any law, rule or policy requires, including anything about privacy, reporting or who may mentor whom. Ask your program contact or your manager. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change, and what is true for one employer or place may not be true for yours. Before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional, and use the Questions page at the end of each lesson. Where a lesson names a source, it says what the source said on the date we read it. These courses support good practice. They do not by themselves satisfy any legal or regulatory training requirement. Finishing this course does not qualify anyone as a professional coach, mentor or counselor. Examples and numbers are illustrative, and any people or organizations in examples are fictional. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization, tool or author named in the sources and does not endorse any product.