The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships » (1st Edition)

LOIS J. ZACHARY is a specialist in adult development and learning and principal of Leadership Development Services, a consulting firm that offers leadership education and training for corporate and nonprofit organizations across the United States.

This rich and insightful book explores the critical process of mentoring and presents practical tools for facitlitating the experience from beginning to end. It is based on Laurent A. Daloz's popular and widely used conept that mentoring is a learning journey, in which the mentor and mentee serve as companions along the way. Now leaders, managers,teachers, and leaders form any career, professional, or educational setting can successfully navigate the learning journey by using the hand-on worksheets and exericses in this unique resource.

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Explores the process of mentoring and presents practical tools for facilitating the mentoring experience from beginning to end. Shows how to assess readiness to become a mentor, establish the relationship, and set appropriate goals. Tells how to monitor progress and achievement, avoid common pitfalls, and bring the relationship to a natural conclusion. Includes numerous worksheets and exercises. The author is a specialist in adult development and learning, and principal of a consulting firm. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)