CALGARY, Alberta, October 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Absorb softwarethe world's leading provider of artificial intelligence-based learning platforms, announced the launch mentoring in Absorb LMSa next-generation learning experience that integrates mentoring, coaching and personalized learning into a single, seamless system designed for today's hybrid workplace. Based on Absorb, December 2024 acquisition Togetheraward-winning mentoring solution, this milestone marks significant progress in the company's Strategic Learning System (SLS) vision, laying the foundation for a unified, people-focused approach to learning that reflects how development actually happens in the workplace.
Unlike traditional learning management systems that focus only on content delivery, Absorb is the first LMS to integrate mentoring directly into its learning ecosystem. This dual approach to adult learning promotes better knowledge retention, fosters deeper connections in remote or hybrid environments, and translates knowledge into business results. Information from Absorb State of Skills Development Report 2025, highlight why this is important: 74% of employees are not achieving their full potential due to lack of development opportunities, and 44% of organizations are missing out on people-focused learning. Mentoring in Absorb LMS integrates intelligent matching, automated scheduling, and outcome tracking to make mentoring programs easy to scale, manage, and measure.
As the fastest-growing LMS provider, Absorb raises the bar by integrating mentoring and coaching directly into its ecosystem, expanding the learning experience beyond courses to include genuine human connections. This marks the next evolution of Absorb's Strategic Learning System (SLS), combining structured, on-demand learning with relationship-based development to reflect how adult learning best occurs: through experience, feedback and shared knowledge, and by embedding human connections at every stage of the learning process to increase engagement, accelerate skill development and achieve measurable results. business results.
“This is a defining moment in the evolution of learning and development,” said Kimberly Williams, CEO of Absorb Software. “It's not just about adding mentoring to training. It's about bringing people into the corporate learning cycle. By combining human insight with intelligent technology, we help organizations create a culture that inspires people and drives long-term business results through personalized, human-centered learning.”
Scaling mentoring within a full educational ecosystem
With mentoring built into Absorb LMS, organizations can now launch and manage enterprise-wide mentoring and coaching programs directly within the platform, providing structure, scalability, and strategic insight into every development path. Key features of the Absorb mentoring experience include:
- Smart Compliance: Automatically connect mentors and mentees using Together's powerful, customizable algorithm, proven to provide 98% match satisfaction.
- Automated planning and goal tracking: Simplify program logistics with built-in meeting scheduling, shared agendas, and goal tracking to keep participants aligned and accountable.
- Personalized learning with AI: Create personalized lesson programs and optimized mentor profiles that adapt to each user's learning needs.
- Training events within the platform: Host presentations, graduation ceremonies, panels, or lunch and learns directly on the platform to foster community and engagement.
- Recognition and Milestones: Celebrate participant achievements with digital badges and shared certificates for completed programs or milestones.
- Best practices, built-in: Access a library of ready-made templates, matching rules, resources, and promotional materials to make program setup and success easier.
- Comprehensive reporting: Measure your ROI with detailed reporting dashboards that track registrations, participation, goal achievement, and engagement, plus built-in surveys for deeper analysis.
“Mentoring in Absorb LMS represents a fundamental shift in how organizations empower people to learn and grow,” said Matthew Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Together. “By embedding Together's mentoring capabilities directly into Absorb's strategic learning system, we are connecting learning with human connections so growth happens through relationships, reflection and real-world experience. This heralds a new era in learning where companies can scale growth, culture and impact together.”
“Within one unified platform, Absorb now empowers organizations to deliver multiple forms of learning—formal, social and experiential—so people can learn not just from content, but from each other. The result is a continuous, people-centered cycle of growth that connects skill development to real-world performance and measurable business impact,” said Saravana Sivanandham, Chief Marketing Officer Absorb Software.
This announcement also reflects Absorb's ongoing investment in person-centered learning. In September the company introduced Guild of Mentorsa global community of HR and L&D leaders powered by the Together platform within the Absorb LMS, where professionals share insights, strengthen leadership capabilities, and see how structured mentoring drives growth.
To learn more about the Together at Absorb learning management system, visit the Absorb website. website. To join Guild of Mentorsvisit the community page.
About Absorb Software
Absorb software is a leading global provider of artificial intelligence-based learning platforms that helps organizations unlock the full potential of their people. With an innovative approach to strategic learning systems (SLS), Absorb empowers companies to align learning with strategic goals, delivering measurable impact and workforce agility. The Absorb LMS platform delivers personalized, scalable and engaging learning experiences to employees, clients and partners around the world. Trusted by more than 3,500 organizations and 37 million users, Absorb is redefining the future of workplace learning through advanced artificial intelligence, seamless integration, and an unwavering commitment to innovation. Find out more at abbblms.com and explore mentoring solutions from Together at togetherplatform.comand connect with HR and L&D professionals around the world via Guild of Mentors.
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