THE RETURN ON ONE YEAR OF MENTORING

What does $399/mo actually return?

92% of clients are promoted within 18 months. Raises run 15–25%. Compounded over a 20-year career — and reinvested at S&P historical averages — the math gets honest fast.

The 20-year math on a 12-month investment.

$399/month for 12 months = $4,788 invested in you, once. Outcome: a raise (15–25% average), career-long. Compounded. Reinvested. Move the sliders below.

Your current annual salary

$130,000 Healthcare exec median range

Years remaining in your career

20 Working years until exit

Estimated raise after promotion

20% 15-25% typical · midpoint default

YOUR 20-YEAR ROI

$1.1M

Cumulative additional earnings, if you reinvest your raise at 10% (S&P 500 historical avg) for the rest of your career. On a one-time investment of $4,788 — your $399/mo year of mentoring.

Year 1 raise

$26K

Career-total raise

$520K

ROI multiple

230×

If the number makes sense, the next step is a 20-minute call.

Free Leadership Audit. We'll walk through your situation, what mentoring would look like for you, and whether the math actually holds in your specific case. No pitch if it's not a fit.

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Spend $20K to save $300K.

Healthcare executive turnover costs 200-400% of annual salary (SHRM 2025). Mentoring lifts retention from 49% to 72% (Sun Microsystems gold standard, still cited). Sponsor a leader's growth — give them a $10K mentor + a 15% retention raise — and your savings dwarf the spend. Move the sliders below.

Leaders you'd sponsor

5 Director-to-VP pipeline

Average leader salary

$150,000 Director / VP median in healthcare

Current annual turnover risk

25% Healthcare exec baseline: ~22-25%

Cost of turnover (× salary)

2.0× SHRM: 200-400% for execs

NET SAVINGS · YEAR 1

$340K

Net of mentoring program cost ($10K/leader × 5) + a one-time 15% retention raise. Mentoring drops turnover by 23 percentage points (industry benchmark).

Total invested

$162K

Turnover avoided

$345K

ROI multiple

3.1×

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A 30-min call. I build a one-page model for your specific titles, salaries, and turnover history. No pitch — you walk away with a model you can take to your CFO either way.

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Assumptions used in this calculator

Promotion rate (92%): The Dutch Mentor internal tracking — clients promoted or given significant role expansion within 18 months of program initiation.
Raise range (15–25%): Industry data on post-promotion comp adjustments; midpoint 20% used as B2C default.
S&P 500 historical avg (10%): Average annual total return 1926–2025; not guaranteed.
Healthcare exec turnover cost (200-400% of salary): SHRM 2025 benchmarking — covers recruiting, onboarding, productivity loss, lost institutional knowledge.
Mentoring retention lift (+23 pts, 49→72%): Sun Microsystems study, the most-cited gold standard in mentoring ROI research.
B2B retention raise (15%): Conservative single one-time raise tied to program completion; many orgs structure as a retention bonus instead.

The numbers behind the math.

92%

of clients promoted within 18 months

The Dutch Mentor · internal tracking · n=200+ leaders

5×

mentees promoted vs non-participants

Sun Microsystems / Gartner industry benchmark

2-4×

salary cost of replacing one healthcare exec

SHRM 2025 cost-of-hire benchmarking

87%

first-time FACHE pass rate in our prep program

vs 64% national · ACHE published statistics

Real questions about real numbers.

What if I'm not promoted within 18 months?

8% of clients aren't. Either we extend the engagement at no cost, or you walk away with a refunded final quarter. The promotion rate is high because the program is precise about who it's for: healthcare directors, VPs, and physician execs who already deliver and want the structural support to advance. If we don't think you're a fit on the audit call, I'll say so.

The S&P 10% assumption — is that fair?

It's the 100-year arithmetic mean (1926–2025). For a 20-year horizon the geometric average is ~9.5%. We're using a conservative 10% flat. Substitute your own number in your head if you'd like — even at 6% the multiple is still 5-8× on a $4,788 investment.

For organizations: how is this different from a generic LMS?

LMS retention is ~40%. Live executive mentoring with a real practitioner runs 72%+ retention because the relationship is the program. The Dutch Mentor isn't "leadership content" — it's coaching from someone who has run a $645M service line and developed 200+ leaders into promoted roles.

Can my organization sponsor me?

Yes — most cohort participants are organization-sponsored. The $399/mo Concierge mentoring is commonly expensed under professional development. For larger commitments, the Emerging Leader Program ($4,950/mo × 6 months) and Compass+ team licenses are built for sponsorship. Use Option 2 above to model the org case.