The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You - Softcover

Zachary, Lois J.; Fischler, Lory A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470343583 ISBN 13: 9780470343586

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2009

Synopsis

This volume offers a companion guide to the best-selling book The Mentor's Guide . This practical book offers ideas and suggestions for making the most of a mentoring opportunity for the person being mentored. It shows how to prepare for, sustain, and bring to closure the important mentor/mentee relationship. The author guides mentees through the four phases of the mentoring process and outlines the SMART method (specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and timely). The book offers valuable advice for any mentee whether in the nonprofit, corporate, or government sector.

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Review:

"A companion to the bestselling books, The Mentor's Guide and Creating a Mentoring Culture, this practical volume offers ideas and suggestions for making the most of a valuable mentoring opportunity for the mentee.

The book provides a roadmap with guideposts along the path from selecting a mentor to transitioning into the role of mentor, creating a viable culture of mentoring and facilitating effective relationships. It is comprehensive, accessible and illustrated with extensive real-life examples from those who have experienced powerful mentoring relationships.

Although the guide primarily focuses on mentoring related to work and professional development, its wisdom is applicable to personal mentoring as well. In conclusion, it assists all of us take charge of envisioning and realizing our futures, leading to better lives and more rewarding and valuable work."

--NACADA Journal, Issue 30(1) (Spring 2010)

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Praise for "The Mentee's Guide"

""The Mentee's Guide" inspires and guides the potential mentee, provides new insights for the adventure in learning that lies ahead, and underscores my personal belief and experience that mentoring is circular. The mentor gains as much as the mentee in this evocative relationship. Lois Zachary's new book is a great gift." --Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute

"Whether you are the mentee or mentor, born or made for the role, you will gain much more from the relationship by practicing the fun and easy A-to-Z principles of The Mentee's Guide by the master of excellence, Lois Zachary." --Ken Shelton, editor, "Leadership Excellence"

"With this deeply practical book filled with stories and useful exercises, Lois Zachary completes her groundbreaking trilogy on mentoring. Must-reading for those in search of a richer understanding of this deeply human relationship as well as anyone seeking a mentor, whether for new skills, job advancement, or deeper wisdom." --Laurent A. Parks Daloz, senior fellow, the Whidbey Institute, and author, "Mentor: Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners"

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470343583
• ISBN 13: 9780470343586
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176