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Mentor in Residence: a dedicated mentor for your engineering leaders
Your engineering managers learn the job by trial and error. The errors run on your payroll: a mis-hire here, a quiet senior resignation there, a quarter lost to a re-org that did not need to happen.
Mentor in residence flips that. Your company gets me as its dedicated mentor for a quarter. I block onsite days, open my calendar to your people, and your leaders book 1:1 sessions the way they book a meeting room. No program to run, no cohort logistics. One PO.
3,400+ sessions since 2019. Rated 9.17/10 on average.
How it works
Pick the cadence
One or two onsite days a month, for one quarter. Each day holds 6 sessions of 60 minutes.
Your leaders book directly
They get a private booking link into my calendar. No approval chain, no HR middleman. The EM with the burning problem books Tuesday 10:00.
I come to your office
Sessions run onsite, face to face. Between days, mentees ping me async when they are stuck.
You see themes, not transcripts
End of quarter you get a readout: the patterns across sessions, the org-level risks, what to fix next. What an individual said stays in the room.
Who books the slots
Anyone in your org who leads people or direction. The same onsite day often serves a director rehearsing a hard conversation and a first-time EM drowning in 1:1s.
Where the model runs
Companies like Ataccama, Jablotron, and Eurowag put a mentor in front of their leaders this way: a fixed monthly rhythm, an open calendar, and sessions their people actually book.
Why me
Ex-VPE at Mews (Series C). Ex-Manta, acquired by IBM. 3,400+ mentoring sessions since 2019, average score 9.17/10. Founder of the 2,000+ member Engineering Leaders Community.
Read how mentees describe the work on the testimonials page.
Pricing
Same public math as the 1:1 pricing page: 292 EUR per session at the company rate. A residence day is 6 sessions, 1,752 EUR. No setup fee, no residence premium.
- ★ Start here
Pilot quarter
5,256 EUR
per quarter. One onsite day a month, 18 sessions over 3 months.
- 292 EUR per session. The same company rate as my prepaid 6-packs, no residence premium.
- Quarterly readout for the sponsor: the themes across sessions, the org-level risks, what to fix next.
- A session your leader rates under 7/10 is not charged.
- Renew or stop at quarter end. One PO, zero program management on your side.
- Async access for everyone who booked a session.
Two days a month
10,512 EUR
per quarter. Two onsite days a month, 36 sessions over 3 months.
- For orgs with 10+ leaders, where one day fills by Wednesday.
- Same 292 EUR session rate, same guarantee, same quarterly commitment.
Prices without VAT. Invoice with PO from ELC Hub s.r.o. The under-7/10 guarantee is the same one on the pricing page.
The napkin: replacing one burned-out director costs 40 to 80k EUR in recruiter fees and ramp-up. A pilot quarter costs 5,256 EUR. One prevented mis-hire pays for seven quarters.
Frequently asked
How much does a mentor in residence cost?+
One onsite day a month costs 5,256 EUR per quarter: 18 sessions at 292 EUR each. Two days a month is 10,512 EUR per quarter. Prices without VAT. It is the same company rate as the prepaid packs on the pricing page, just booked by your whole leadership bench instead of one person.
What does the company get to see?+
A quarterly readout of themes: what your leaders struggle with, which risks repeat across teams, what to fix at org level. Individual sessions stay confidential. Leaders speak freely or the sessions are worth nothing.
Who from our org should book the slots?+
Anyone leading people or direction: engineering managers, directors, staff engineers, product managers, first-time team leads. The same day often serves a director rehearsing a hard conversation and a new EM drowning in 1:1s.
What if our people do not book the slots?+
Slots that stay empty on an onsite day convert to remote sessions later in the month. And if the quarter shows your org does not need the cadence, you stop at quarter end. That is why it is quarterly, not annual.
Do you come onsite outside Prague?+
Yes. Onsite is the point of the model. Prague and anywhere in Czechia or Slovakia is simple. Elsewhere in Europe we agree logistics on the intro call.
How is this different from a workshop or a fractional engagement?+
A workshop trains a group on one topic. Fractional means I own a problem inside your org. Mentor in residence is 1:1 depth across your whole leadership bench, on their problems, at a fraction of either price. When the sessions surface an org-level issue, we scope that separately: a productivity audit, a Leadership Academy cohort, or fractional.
Start with one quarter
One intro call with the sponsor, one PO, and I open the calendar to your people. Sessions can start the week the PO lands.
The other option is the one already running: your leaders keep learning by trial and error, and the errors keep billing your payroll.
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