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title: "Get your company to pay for your mentor: the math, the KPIs, the email"
description: "How to get mentoring approved by your manager: an ROI formula in EUR, worked examples for EM, Director and Staff levels, and a forwardable email template. Company pack 2,580 EUR, measured against KPIs in 90 days."
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# Get your company to pay for your mentor .

Your company will spend 40 to 80k EUR replacing the leader who burns out. It will hesitate at 2,580 EUR for the thing that prevents it. That isn't a budget problem. It's a framing problem, and it takes one email to fix: the math, 2 or 3 KPIs, a review date.

Below: the formula, three worked examples, and the email, ready to forward.

## Managers approve numbers, not feelings

"I'd grow a lot" gets you a pat on the back. A number with a review date gets you a PO. The value of mentoring over 6 months adds up from four lines:

Mentoring value over 6 months =

-     money saved // attrition prevented, mis-hires avoided, firefighting hours cut
-   \+ cost of delay avoided // roadmap items shipping on time, not a quarter late
-   \+ missed opportunity recovered // the initiative nobody had bandwidth to lead
-   \+ roadmap slippage avoided // commitments that hold, planned vs shipped

Rule for the ask: count only the lines you can defend in front of a CFO, then halve the total. If the result still beats 2,580 EUR by 9x, and it will, send it.

## Three worked examples

### Engineering Manager, team of 8

Fully loaded team cost around 800k EUR a year. One senior engineer has a foot out the door, delivery predictability sits near 60%.

KPIs for the engagement: regretted attrition zero, planned-vs-shipped from 60% to 85%, the one open underperformance case actioned within 4 weeks.

The math, counting only the retention line: replacing that senior engineer costs 40 to 60k EUR in recruiter fees, ramp-up, and lost delivery. The pack costs 2,580 EUR.**One prevented departure pays for the mentoring 15 times over.**

### Director, 3 teams, 24 engineers

A reorg decision has been stuck for two quarters. The flagship feature, with roughly 300k EUR of annual revenue attached, is slipping with it.

KPIs: reorg decided and shipped within 6 weeks, the feature back on the committed date, both open senior roles closed.

The math, counting only cost of delay: shipping one quarter earlier on a 300k EUR revenue line is worth about 75k EUR. Halve it for CFO skepticism: 37k against 2,580.**Still 14x.**

### Staff Engineer

A build-vs-buy platform decision with 100k+ EUR a year riding on it, and influence that stops at the team boundary.

KPIs: the decision doc written, defended, and accepted; one cross-team initiative led end to end; the promotion case documented.

The math: one platform choice gone wrong recurs every year at six figures. And if the company loses you over a stalled promotion, replacing a staff engineer runs 6 to 9 months of salary. Either line alone beats the pack price by an order of magnitude.

## What to ask for, exactly

Not "a coaching budget." A fixed, reviewable engagement:

-   **Scope:** 6 sessions over 3 months. 430 EUR per session, 2,580 EUR total, without VAT, invoiced to your company by Marian Kamenistak (sole trader) with your PO number on the invoice. Zero procurement drama.
-   **KPIs on paper before session 1.** Pick 2 or 3 from the list below, agree them with your manager.
-   **Mid-point review at session 3,** final review with your manager at session 6.
-   **Risk reversal:** the intro session is free, and any session you rate under 7/10 isn't charged.

KPIs that mentoring moves in 3 to 6 months, from 3,400+ sessions with 300+ leaders:

-   Zero regretted attrition on the team through the engagement.
-   Delivery predictability, planned vs shipped, from your current number to 85%.
-   Every underperformance case actioned within 4 weeks, not parked for two quarters.
-   Open senior roles filled and ramped, time-to-hire down by a third.
-   One stuck structural decision shipped: the reorg, the platform choice, the tech-debt budget.
-   Your own next-level case documented and on your manager’s desk.

78% of the mentees here run company-sponsored. This is what the L&D budget exists for. The numbers behind the milestone claims are public in the [mentoring statistics](https://www.marian.coach/engineering-leadership-statistics/).

## Your email, Slack note, talking points and one-pager. Built from your answers.

Need it approved? Build the case in 90 seconds: the email, a Slack version, five talking points and a one-pager your manager can forward to finance. Nothing to sign up for.

### Where would the money come from?

I can use a learning / L&D budgetMost common. Asks for the 6-session quarter.There's no budget line, I need a discretionary yesAsks for the 430 EUR written plan first.[I'm the manager and want this for my leadersThat's Mentor in Residence →](https://www.marian.coach/mentor-in-residence/)

### You

Your role

Fill this in first.

First time in this role?

YesNo

Your first name

Your manager's first name

Team size (optional)

### The one thing to fix in the next 90 days

Fill this in first.

Tap one to start, then make it yours:

What does fixed look like? Pick up to 3 or write your own

Add

Pick or write at least one target.

Decide by

### Optional. Skip if you don't know.

Senior people at risk of leaving

−0+

Alternatives you already looked at

BackSkip and buildNext

Couldn't personalise this one, here's the standard version.

EmailSlackTalking pointsOne-pager

Copy[Open in mail](#)Download PDFEmail me a copyEdit answers

Send

#### What now

#### If they say no

If they say yes: book the free intro call at [marian.coach/meet](https://www.marian.coach/meet). The invoice goes to your company with your PO number.

## If the answer is yes

Book the [free intro session](https://www.marian.coach/meet): 30 minutes, your situation, and a concrete plan your manager can approve. If the answer is "maybe", forward them the [pricing page](https://www.marian.coach/pricing/) and the [cost breakdown](https://www.marian.coach/engineering-manager-coach-cost/). Still weighing mentor against coach? [That comparison is here](https://www.marian.coach/mentoring-vs-coaching/).

A smaller number to defend

## Ask for €2,166, not €2,580.

The case above argues for the €2,580 quarter. Build the inquiry with my AI and the same six sessions invoice at €2,166 — €361 a session, with the itemized offer and the KPIs already written down for your manager.

[Get my offer →](https://www.marian.coach/mentoring-chat/) [or connect your own AI assistant](https://www.marian.coach/mentoring-ai/)

MCP · Claude skill

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Point Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client at `www.marian.coach/mcp` and your agent calls `build_mentoring_business_case` directly. Same math, no key, no signup.

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[Setup for Claude Code, Cursor, and Claude Desktop →](https://www.marian.coach/ai-coaching-tools/#mcp)

## Frequently asked questions

How do I convince my manager to pay for coaching or mentoring?+

Put it in money, not feelings. Name one problem that costs the company real EUR, attach 2 or 3 KPIs with a 3-month review date, and send the cost next to the cost of not fixing it: a mentoring pack is 2,580 EUR, replacing one senior engineer is 40 to 60k EUR. A forwardable email template with this structure is on marian.coach/get-your-company-to-pay-for-mentoring/.

What should a mentoring agreement with my company include?+

Four things: a fixed scope (6 sessions over 3 months), KPIs agreed in writing before session 1, a mid-point review at session 3, and a final review with the sponsoring manager at session 6. At marian.coach the company pack is 2,580 EUR per leader, invoiced against your PO

What KPIs can mentoring realistically move in 3 to 6 months?+

Pick 2 or 3, not six: regretted attrition to zero, delivery predictability from ~60% to 85%, underperformance cases actioned within 4 weeks, senior time-to-hire down a third, or one stuck structural decision shipped. Most mentees hit their first major milestone in 4 to 6 sessions, per 3,400+ sessions of practice data.

How much does mentoring cost the company?+

430 EUR per session in prepaid packs of 6, so 2,580 EUR per leader, without VAT, invoiced with PO. The same public rate individuals pay, no corporate markup. 78% of the mentees at marian.coach run company-sponsored.

What if my manager says no?+

Ask which number they disagree with: the cost of the problem or the cost of the fix. Offer the free intro session so they approve against a concrete plan instead of an abstract idea. If it stays no, the self-paid First quarter is 2,580 EUR, splittable into 3 payments of 860 EUR, and the promotion it supports is yours either way.

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