Ellen A. Ensher, Susan E. Murphy

Power Mentoring (eBook, ePUB)

How Successful Mentors and Proteges Get the Most Out of Their Relationships

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written to reflect the realities of today s business environment, Power Mentoring is a nuts-and-bolts guide for anyone who wants to create a connection with a prot g or mentor, or to improve a current mentoring relationship. Filled with illustrative examples and candid insights from fifty of America's most successful mentors and prot g s, Power Mentoring unlocks the secrets of great mentoring relationships and shows how anyone (including those who are well established in their careers, or those who are just starting out) can become a successful mentor or prot g . Based on compelling interviews from Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy s own research, this important resource explains what it takes to develop a power mentoring network consisting of a variety of mentors across a range of organizations and industries. The authors provide strategies for establishing such power mentoring relationships, outline the best practices, and offer insights from mentors and prot g s in a variety of fields including technology, politics, and the media.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118046876
• Artikelnr.: 37339936

Autorenporträt

THE AUTHORS ELLEN A. ENSHER is an associate professor of management at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. SUSAN ELAINE MURPHY is an associate professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College and the associate dean of the Henry R. Kravis Leadership Institute in Claremont, California. The authors will donate 50% of their profits from this book to three mentoring organizations: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Covenant House, and Special Games.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction to Power Mentoring. Who Are Our Power Mentors and Protégés?
The Changing Career Landscape. Overview of the Book. 2 The Many Faces of
Power Mentoring. Classic Versus Contemporary Approaches to Mentoring. The
Many Types of Power Mentoring. Conclusion. 3 Mentoring as a Two-Way Street:
Benefits of Giving and Receiving. Give-and-Take in Power Mentoring
Relationships. Road Map to This Chapter. Meet the Power Mentors and
Protégés: Stories of Give-and-Take. Summary of Benefits for Protégés and
Mentors. Conclusion. 4 The Mind of the Mentor. Mental Models: The
Philosophies of Mentoring. The Mentor's Attraction to the Protégé. The
Perfect Protégé. Tests and Challenges. Conclusion. 5 The Protégé's
Perspective: How to Get and Keep a Power Mentor. Initiation and Attraction.
Developing Trust in the Mentoring Relationship. Identifying a Power Mentor.
Cultivating the Art of Impression Management. Developing a Goal-Oriented
Attitude. Forming Connection Strategies. Conclusion. 6 Unlocking the
Secrets of Great Power Mentoring Relationships. Building Blocks of
Effective Relationships. Defining Moments. Deepening the Mentoring
Relationship. Conclusion. 7 Power Mentoring and You. The Relationship
Development Plan. Conclusion. 8 Conclusion: What We Have Learned About
Mentoring in Today's Work Environment. Turning Everyday Mentoring into
Power Mentoring. What We Know About Effective Mentoring Relationships. What
We Are Still Learning About Mentoring Relationships. The Lessons of Power
Mentoring for Formal Mentoring Programs. Getting a Formal Mentoring Program
Off the Ground. Conclusion. Appendix A: The Interviewees. Appendix B:
Studying Power Mentoring Relationships. Notes. Acknowledgments. The
Authors. Index.

Rezensionen

"...provides a useful snapshot of the issues, dramas and special challenges women and minorities face in the modern workplace..." ( getAbstract , August 2006)