Mentoring In Action: A Practical Guide for Managers - Softcover

MEGGINSON, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749444967 ISBN 13: 9780749444969

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2005

Synopsis

Mentoring continues to be one of the fastest growing techniques in human resource management. It's viewed as being an essential building block of modern management development. But what is mentoring and why is it so popular?

Mentoring in Action answers these questions plus many more. Now in its second edition, this popular book continues to examine a variety of mentoring schemes through a multitude of new, insightful case studies, illustrating both the successes and failures. Re-structured to provide a thorough overview of mentoring, the subject is broken down into small, accessible sections including: Making a mentoring culture; Principles of scheme design; The shape of a mentoring relationship; Frameworks for a mentoring episode;Techniques in mentoring; Mentoring moments.

Hugely practical, it demonstrates the flexibility of mentoring and its application in numerous areas, including business, the public sector, education and the community, and explains how mentoring can benefit the effectiveness of: the learning organisation; empowerment initiatives; management competencies; personal development plans; performance management; and career management.

An innovative approach to a fascinating subject.

About this title

About the Authors

David Megginson is a professor of HRD at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). He is on both the membership and education committees of the CIPD and the CPD Working Group.

David Clutterbuck is a co-founder and lifetime ambassador of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and founder of Clutterbuck Associates. Visiting professor at two UK Universities, he is repeatedly among the top 25 HR thinkers in HR Magazine's annual survey, and is the author or co-author of over 50 books, including Mentoring in Action and Building and Sustaining a Coaching Culture, published by Kogan Page.

Bob Garvey is Principal Lecturer and Leader of the Mentoring and Coaching Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University.

Paul Stokes works at the Mentoring and Coaching Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University as a Senior Lecturer.

Ruth Garrett-Harris holds the position of Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant at the Mentoring and Coaching Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University.

From the Inside Flap

"If you want to find out what mentoring is then this book is the place to find out."
Management Training

Mentoring continues to be one of the fastest growing techniques in human resource management. It s viewed as being an essential building block of modern management development. Can one technique apply to pupils making
a transfer from school to work and to the most senior executives? What is mentoring and why is it so popular?

Now in its second edition, Mentoring in Action answers these questions plus many more and continues to examine a variety of mentoring schemes through a multitude of new, insightful case studies. Updated and restructured to provide a thorough overview of mentoring, the book includes:

making a mentoring culture; frameworks for a mentoring episode;
principles of scheme design; techniques in mentoring;
the shape of a mentoring relationship; mentoring moments.

Packed with examples, this innovative approach to a fascinating subject makes vital reading for managers, professionals, consultants, students, mentors and those they mentor.

David Megginson is Professor of Human Resource Development at Sheffield Hallam University and co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). David Clutterbuck is Visiting Professor of Mentoring and Coaching at SHU and also a co-founder of the EMCC and senior partner of Clutterbuck Associates. Bob Garvey is Principal Lecturer and leader of the Mentoring and Coaching Research Unit at Sheffield Hallam University. Paul Stokes also works at the Unit as a Senior Lecturer, and Ruth Garrett-Harris holds the position of Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749444967
• ISBN 13: 9780749444969
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288