Anti-fizzle leadership support systems

built to survive reform, lean teams, and turnover

Mentoring, peer, and lived experience programs designed as practical infrastructure.

Clear roles. Safeguarding. Low-friction operations. Decision-ready reporting.

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Make leadership support stick, even when everything else is shifting

For individuals

Build confidence, capability, and networks through structured online mentoring support.

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Program design

Define boundaries, strengthen safeguarding, embed workflows, reduce escalation burden.

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Make mentoring stick

Anti-fizzle mentoring infrastructure, licenced for your organisation. Low admin. High follow through.

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Impact and outcomes

Measure outcomes ethically, with simple data and decision-ready reporting.

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How anti-fizzle infrastructure is built

Pillar 1

Clarity: Roles, boundaries, and what sits where, so mentors do not become informal caseworkers.

Pillar 2

Rhythm: Prompts, check-ins, and a simple cadence that keeps momentum between sessions.

Pillar 3

Signals: Light dashboards, engagement flags, and escalation pathways that reduce risk and guesswork.

Pillar 4

Evidence: Outcomes and themes reported in a format that leadership can act on.

Peer programs need boundaries, not good intentions

Safeguarding is built in from day one: role definitions, boundary scripts, escalation pathways, and debrief norms.

This protects participants, reduces drift into casework, and keeps programs sustainable.

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Here's what actually happens when mentoring becomes infrastructure:

Hundreds of mentoring leaders. Real outcomes:

  • 73% of mentees stopped second-guessing every decision

  • 67% finally knew where their career was heading (and how to get there)

  • 82% of mentors discovered they were better leaders than they thought

  • Nearly two-thirds kept meeting after we stopped sending reminders

The difference?

Most mentoring fizzles because it's built on good intentions and coffee budgets.

Ours lasts because it's infrastructure. Not a program.

Stop hoping mentoring works. Start knowing it will.

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What Our Mentees Say

“Being matched with a Mentor that was relevant to my field and position was brilliant. He could relate and knew exactly what I was dealing with and was able to give clear guidelines and advice.”

— Mentee

“My Mentor was there for me during the accreditation process at my work. She gave me confidence and strategies on how to tackle the stress I was going through. She is amazing. And I rocked it.”

— Mentee

“I felt my managers weren’t listening. I was stressed and caught in the middle. My Mentor stepped me through it and helped me find strategies to deal with it.”

— Mentee

Clarity. Rhythm. Signals. Evidence.

Samantha leads Hyphae Network, focused on leadership support systems that do not fizzle under reform, lean teams, and turnover.

Her work sits across aged care, community health, disability, carers, and lived experience programs, with a practical focus on follow-through, safeguarding, and low-friction operations.

She has led and delivered national leadership and mentoring programs, supporting 1,000+ leaders supported across national programs, 400+ through mentoring cohorts.

Samantha Bowen, Founder

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