Tell us what’s happening
Answer 20 questions about the everyday experience of young staff in your workplace.
Young Staff Diagnostic
Find out what’s really getting in the way of your young staff.
Answer 20 practical questions and receive a personalised 10-page report showing what’s working, what may be contributing to the problems you’re seeing and where to focus first.
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20 questions
About 8 minutes
No employee names
Immediate personalised report
No employee names. No judgement. No generic score.
You see the symptoms
They resignearlier than you expected
They hesitatewhen you need them to act
They keep askingfor help you thought they’d outgrow
They don’t take initiativeeven when you need them to step up
And eventually, you start wondering whether you’ve hired the wrong person again.
The problem beneath the problem
What looks like attitude may be a workplace pattern.
Sometimes the employee is part of the problem. But when the same frustrations keep appearing with different young staff, it’s worth looking at the workplace around them too.
Unclear expectations, inconsistent onboarding, limited feedback and a lack of belonging can all look like attitude, poor motivation or a refusal to take initiative.
You don’t need another generic checklist. You need a clearer picture of what’s happening in your workplace.
A simple way forward
Move from frustration to a clearer place to begin.
See what sits underneath
Your answers are organised across the workplace areas that shape confidence, growth and retention.
Know where to focus
Receive a practical summary of your strengths, priorities and next steps.
What becomes possible
Imagine needing to manage them less, not more.
Young staff who know what’s expected, make more decisions for themselves, feel part of the team and can see a reason to stay.
Clear expectationsYoung staff know what good looks like and what comes next.
Growing independenceSupport reduces as confidence and judgement build.
Stronger belongingPeople feel known, included and connected to the workplace.
Better reasons to stayConsistency and development make loyalty more possible.
A practical guide, not a judgement
You don’t need to have all the answers.
Managing young staff can be frustrating, especially when you’re genuinely trying to give someone an opportunity and it still isn’t working.
Confidence in Mentoring combines youth development, workplace mentoring and practical manager behaviour to help workplaces understand what’s happening underneath the behaviour.
The diagnostic gives you somewhere practical to begin.
Built from Confidence in Mentoring’s work across youth development, workplace mentoring and young staff support.
Ready for a clearer picture?
Find out what’s actually going on in your workplace.
20 questions. About 8 minutes. One personalised report showing where to focus first.
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Find out where to focus first.
Answer 20 questions about what usually happens in your workplace. Your personalised report will show your strengths, priority areas and a practical place to begin.
No employee namesNo judgementNo generic scoreImmediate report