The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is the first armed service in the world to be awarded gold accreditation for its mentoring programme by the International Standards for Mentoring Programmes in Employment (ISMPE). The RNZAF received the accreditation after lengthy evaluation, culminating in a visit to Base Auckland by the chairman of ISMPE, Professor David Clutterbuck, who carried out the final assessment and recommended the gold standard. RNZAF received a pass of 97.5 per cent – higher than the required 95 per cent. “I was impressed with the high quality mentoring programme in...