Mentoring: The Promise of Relational Leadership - Softcover

Wright, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842272934 ISBN 13: 9781842272930

Publisher: Authentic Media, 2004

Synopsis

Are you looking for a mentor? Do you want to become a mentor? Are you confused about exactly what mentoring is?Walter Wright is a firm believer in relational leadership. In this book, he shares his experiences both as a mentor and a mentoree. He provides useful analogies and stories about a mentoring relationship and points out some potential pitfalls.Choosing a mentor is an important decision, as is choosing to be a mentor. This book guides you through that choice, to forming a relationship and developing that relationship over the years. It shows you how the relationship can be mutually beneficial, with both mentor and mentoree growing in maturity and knowledge. Wright identifies some qualities that make a good mentor, what you should be looking for in a potential mentor, and what a mentor should be looking to develop in themselves.Reflecting on the character, heart, and hope of relational leadership, this book is useful for anyone considering becoming a mentor, whether in a church environment or in a business environment. It identifies some key questions that a mentor should ask of their mentoree and guides you through developing the mentoring relationship.

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Synopsis:

Best-selling author Walter Wright presents mentoring as a strategy for leadership development and renewal. Are you looking for a mentor? Do you want to become a mentor? Are you confused about exactly what mentoring is? Walter Wright is a firm believer in relational leadership. In this book, he shares his experiences both as a mentor and a mentoree. He provides useful analogies and stories about the mentor - mentoree relationship and points out some potential pitfalls. Choosing a mentor is an important decision, as is choosing to be a mentor. This book guides you through that choice, to forming a relationship and developing that relationship over the years. It shows you how the relationship can be mutually beneficial, with both mentor and mentoree growing in maturity and knowledge. Walter Wright identifies some qualities that make a good mentor, what you should be looking for in a potential mentor and what a mentor should be looking to develop in themselves. Reflecting on the character, heart and hope of relational leadership, this book is useful for anyone considering becoming a mentor, whether in a church environment or in a business environment. It identifies some key questions that a mentor should ask of their mentoree and guides you through developing the mentor - mentoree relationship. - A testimony to the power and importance of mentoring. - Conclusions are drawn from a personal journey of mentoring, as well as from reading and research. - Encourages the reader to develop their own application and act on it. - Contains comprehensive list of resources on the topic of mentoring.

About the Author:

Walter C. Wright, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership in Pasadena, California. He also served for twelve years as President and Professor of Leadership at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada and for twenty years on the management team of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. As one who believes passionately that effective organizations should also be lively relational communities, Wright is invited to speak to diverse groups around the world - religious, nonprofit and corporate. He is a regular presenter for Vistage, an international association of CEOs. Dr. Wright is the author of Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Influence and Service; Mentoring: The Promise of Relational Leadership and, most recently, Dont Step on the Rope! Reflections on Leadership, Relationships and Teamwork.

About this edition

• Publisher: Authentic Media
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1842272934
• ISBN 13: 9781842272930
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194