An AI coaching platform that builds a culture of growth
Turn mentoring into a strategic advantage. Thrive helps organisations build habits of employee coaching, connect the right people and develop capability that drives performance, retention and leadership readiness at scale.
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How employee coaching and mentoring powers performance
Mentor matching that drives real development
Match mentors and mentees with purpose and clarity.
- Smart matching. Pairs suggested by skills, goals and organisational needs.
- Aligned to priorities. Matches focused on business needs and capability gaps.
- Formal and informal. Supports structured programmes and organic relationships.
- Momentum tracked. See engagement across every relationship.
Coaching impact you can measure
Make coaching measurable and strategic, from everyday coaching to leadership.
- Linked to skills and goals. Coaching focused on what matters to the business.
- Structured follow-ups. Guidance reinforced with clear next steps.
- Progress, not participation. Managers see real development.
- Outcomes tracked. Measure what coaching changes, not just activity.
A mentoring culture that becomes part of everyday work
Make the right support part of your organisation's DNA.
- Peer support. Leadership habits form through everyday support.
- Shared best practice. Cohort learning spreads insight.
- Success celebrated. Recognition drives deeper participation.
- Every level and location. Sustained development across the organisation.
Coaching and mentoring platform features built for modern organisations
Coaching and mentoring have the biggest impact when they’re structured, measurable and part of everyday work. Thrive brings everything together in one place, making mentoring easy to manage and simple to scale.
“Thrive really knows what makes a mentoring programme impactful, and the platform itself allows us to develop meaningful mentoring relationships that can excel.”
A coaching platform for every industry
Develop leaders who earn trust
Support structured mentoring across advisory, consulting and client-facing teams to accelerate capability and retention. See how The Early Careers Foundation achieved 94% positive outcomes for mentees with Thrive.
- Pair senior practitioners with rising talent via smart matching
- Track mentorship impact with dashboards
- Align mentoring to skills and career goals
- Support structured programmes with guided journeys
Support capability where it matters most
Embed mentoring and coaching across clinical and support functions to strengthen decision making, leadership readiness and care quality. See how Releaf supported clinical teams with Thrive.
- Connect experienced clinicians with newer practitioners
- Align coaching to clinical competencies via skills tracking
- Track programme impact with mentoring dashboards
- Support structured mentoring journeys
Accelerate growth in fast-moving teams
Enable performance enablement and knowledge transfer across distributed engineering and product teams with structured mentoring. See how iamproperty launched their Accelerate mentoring programme with Thrive.
- Pair experienced leaders with emerging product and tech talent
- Support coaching aligned to delivery goals via structured programmes
- Track skills progression through mentoring relationships
- Keep mentoring active with in-app chat
What to look for in a coaching and mentoring platform
What your team needs, and how Thrive delivers it.
| The challengeWhat gets in the way | How Thrive helpsThe features that fix it | The resultReal customer proof |
|---|---|---|
| Matching mentors by spreadsheet | Mentor matching pairs people by skills, goals and experience, and suggests the best matches in seconds. | British Airways70% mentoring match rate in eight weeks |
| Relationships fizzle after the first meeting | Guided programmes with prompts and built-in chat keep mentors and mentees talking between sessions. | The Early Careers Foundation94% positive outcomes for mentees |
| Coaching is too expensive to offer everyone | Kiki, Thrive's AI agent gives every employee an AI coach, with questions, quizzes and practice scenarios on demand. | CMI280,000+ members on one AI-powered platform |
| Mentoring not linked to real growth | Skills tracking connects every mentoring conversation to the capabilities people are building. | Sumo Group10% increase in promotions for active learners |
| Programmes take months to launch | Sign-ups, profiles and matching are built in, so a new programme can open as soon as you're ready. | iampropertyApplications flooded in within hours of launch |
| No proof mentoring is working | Real-time dashboards show engagement, goals and progress across every programme. | Anthony Nolan97% of learner profiles created within two weeks |
Is Thrive the right coaching and mentoring app for you?
A strong fit if
- You want to offer coaching and mentoring at scale, not just to a few
- You need smart matching rather than spreadsheets
- You want AI coaching available to everyone, any time
- You want mentoring linked to skills and development
Probably not the right fit if
- You only want mentoring software on its own. See our mentoring software page
- You need an external executive coaching service
See what Thrive could do for your coaching and mentoring
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Your coaching and mentoring questions, answered
What is coaching and mentoring?
Coaching and mentoring are structured, ongoing development relationships that help employees build skills, confidence and capability. Coaching often focuses on performance improvement while mentoring supports broader growth and career progression.
What is employee coaching?
Employee coaching is a structured, one-to-one development relationship where a manager or internal coach helps an employee improve performance, build skills and reach specific goals. Unlike training, it is personal and ongoing. In Thrive, organisations can run coaching programmes alongside mentoring, matching employees with internal coaches based on skills and tracking progress against goals.
How do you coach an employee?
Start by agreeing one or two clear goals, then meet regularly and ask more than you tell. Give specific, timely feedback, focus on behaviours rather than personality, and agree actions at the end of every session. Track progress so you can both see improvement over time. Thrive helps by matching employees with the right internal coach, scheduling sessions and tracking goals in one place.
Why is a mentoring culture important?
A mentoring culture builds organisational capability, supports retention and creates shared behaviours that strengthen performance. When mentoring is strategic, it accelerates learning and spreads best practice.
How do you match mentors and mentees effectively?
Thrive enables intelligent mentor matching based on skills, goals and organisational priorities. Matches can be guided by data, development needs and strategic talent planning.
How can coaching and mentoring be measured?
Thrive provides visibility into participation, engagement and progress against defined goals. Dashboards show how mentoring activity links to measurable capability growth and performance indicators.
Can coaching and mentoring scale across large organisations?
Yes. Thrive supports scalable mentoring programmes with structured frameworks, automated workflows and visibility tools that maintain quality as programmes grow.