The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships

Description

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 greatest gift one can give, other than love, is to help another learn! Every leader who cares about nurturing talent and facilitating excellence will find this book a joy to read and a jewel to share."
--Chip R. Bell, author of Managers as Mentors

 

Table of Contents

Grounding the Work: Focusing on Learning.

Working the Ground: Considering Context.

To Everything There Is a Season: Predictable Phases.

Tilling the Soil: Preparing.

Planting Seeds: Negotiating.

Nurturing Growth: Enabling.

Reaping the Harvest: Coming to Closure.

Regenerating Personal Growth Through Mentoring.

Appendix A. Creating a Mentoring Culture.

Appendix B. Digging Deeper: Resources for Further Learning.