Title: The mentoring advantage : creating the next generation of leaders /
Authors: Stone, Florence M.
Publisher: Dearborn Trade Pub.,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Mentoring in business.; Employees Training of.; Career development
Abstract: "Whether you're contemplating becoming a mentor or implementing a formal mentoring program in the workplace, The Mentoring Advantage: Creating the Next Generation of Leaders is the definitive handbook on mentoring for executives, managers, employees, and their companies to ensure they gain the full benefits of mentoring relationships."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introduction: what mentoring is all about-and it isn't about -- Building mentoring relationships -- Who should be mentor, whom to be mentored -- Developing a mentoring relationship -- The three stages of mentoring--breaking up is hard to do -- The effective mentor: roles & responsibilities -- Being a role model, broker and cheerleader -- Mentor as career counselor -- Straight talk -- Problems and problem solving -- The e-dimension -- The global dimension -- Mentoring through difficult situations -- Mentor as supervisor -- Traps to avoid -- Team mentoring -- Team sponsorship -- Team mentoring strategies -- The how-to of facilitated programs -- What makes for a successful formal system? -- Selection of a program coordinator or coordinating committee -- Negotiating sound mentoring agreements -- Special situations.