Your Role as an EGA Mentor
What mentoring at EGA involves, and how to manage your availability across time zones so mentees anywhere can meet you without confusion.
Set hours once
In your own time zone
Mentees worldwide
The platform converts every time
Time off and vacation
Pause new bookings anytime
Two roles
Lead and support mentors
Mentors serve in one of two roles for each mentee. Both matter, they simply carry different responsibilities.
Lead mentor
Guide a mentee end to end. You evaluate their work, track their growth, set milestones and goals, and issue awards as they progress. You are their primary point of accountability.
Support mentor
Offer guidance and encouragement to mentees who share their work with you. You add perspective and experience. The lead mentor handles formal evaluation.
On the platform
What mentors do
Everything you need to guide a mentee lives in one place.
Schedule 1:1 sessions
Meet mentees over video or in person, booked around your real availability.
Set milestones and goals
Agree clear milestones and goals, and track them so progress stays accountable.
Give feedback
Leave constructive, timely feedback your mentee can revisit between sessions.
Issue awards
Recognize growth with awards as mentees reach milestones.
Global mentoring
Guide leaders across the world, on your schedule
EGA mentors and mentees span many countries and time zones. You mentor on your own terms: set your hours once, in your own time zone, and the platform makes sure every mentee books at a time that works for both of you.
No spreadsheets, no time-zone maths, just show up for the sessions you agreed to.
Availability and time zones
Manage your availability across time zones
EGA mentors and mentees are spread around the world. You set your hours once, in your own time zone, and the platform does the conversion so no one has to.
Set your weekly hours
Add recurring availability windows for each weekday, with breaks. This becomes your default schedule.
Adjust specific dates
Override any single date with custom hours, or mark it fully unavailable, without touching your weekly template.
Work in your own time zone
Your time zone is detected automatically (for example Africa/Accra). You set hours in your time; mentees always book in theirs. Everything is stored in UTC and converted for you, daylight saving included.
Set sensible guardrails
Tune buffers between sessions, minimum notice, how far ahead people can book, and daily or weekly limits so your calendar stays manageable.
Step away when you need to
Add time off for holidays, or switch on vacation mode to pause all new bookings while you're away.
You'll find all of this in the dashboard under Appointments, then Manage, once you're an active mentor.
What we ask
Mentor expectations
- Keep your availability current so mentees can book with confidence
- Show up on time, in your stated time zone, and communicate early if plans change
- Give constructive, timely feedback and keep milestones up to date
- Maintain professionalism and confidentiality with every mentee
- Use time off or vacation mode rather than leaving stale open slots
Good to know
Mentor questions
Share your experience as a mentor
Guide the next generation of leaders on your own schedule, across any time zone. Apply to mentor, or reach out to learn more.