Even though our society has become more diverse, the same trend has not happened as quickly in the business industry. One reason for this is that individuals from today's underrepresented groups are often first-generation college graduates who do not have a mentor or role model to look up to and follow.

For this discussion forum, consider how you would implement a mentoring program within your company (your company can either be real or hypothetical). Why would this mentoring program be important, and how would you measure the success of such an initiative? In addition, discuss how a mentoring program might improve the retention of underrepresented groups.

 Initial post to be a substantive post of approximately 500 words and at least two supporting references, one must come from a CSU Library database.