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The mentor's guide : facilitating effective learning relationships / Lois J. Zachary.

Zachary, Lois J. (Author).

Summary:

"Thoughtful and rich with advice, The Mentor's Guide explores the critical process of mentoring and presents practical tools for facilitating the experience from beginning to end. Now managers, teachers, and leaders from any career, professional, or educational setting can successfully navigate the learning journey by using the hands-on worksheets and exercises in this unique resource. Readers will learn how to: Assess their readiness to become a mentor, Establish the relationship, Set appropriate goals, Monitor progress and achievement, Avoid common pitfalls, Bring the relationship to a natural conclusion. The new edition of this best-selling volume includes expanded coverage of: Coaching as distinct from and similar to mentoring, Diversity and cultural differences between mentors and mentees, Mentoring at a distance, especially online, Connections to author's companion volumes, Creating a Mentoring Culture and The Mentee's Guide"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780470907726 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 047090772X (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 261 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: 2nd ed.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Learning: grounding the work of mentoring -- The context of difference : bringing who we are to what we do -- The context of connection : linking up and linking in -- Preparing: getting ready for a mentoring relationship -- Negotiating: establishing agreements -- Enabling growth, part one: support, challenge, and vision -- Enabling growth, part two: engaging in feedback and overcoming obstacles -- Coming to closure: looking back, moving forward -- Digging deeper: reengagement and resources for learning.
Subject:
Mentoring in education.
Learning, Psychology of.
Interpersonal relations.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Other Formats and Editions

English (2)
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Lansdowne Library LB 1731.4 Z23 2012 (Text) 26040002957377 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

Exercises, Examples, Tables, and Figures ix
Foreword xiii
Laurent A. Parks Daloz
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Acknowledgments xxi
About the Author xxiii
1 Learning: Grounding the Work of Mentoring
1(36)
PART ONE CONSIDERING CONTEXT
2 The Context of Difference: Bringing Who We Are to What We Do
37(30)
3 The Context of Connection: Linking Up and Linking In
67(28)
PART TWO THE PREDICTABLE PHASES OF MENTORING
4 Preparing: Getting Ready for a Mentoring Relationship
95(32)
5 Negotiating: Establishing Agreements
127(28)
6 Enabling Growth, Part One: Support, Challenge, and Vision
155(22)
7 Enabling Growth, Part Two: Engaging in Feedback and Overcoming Obstacles
177(20)
8 Coming to Closure: Looking Back, Moving Forward
197(24)
9 Digging Deeper: Reengagement and Resources for Learning
221(16)
Notes 237(6)
References 243(8)
Index 251