Mentoring is a critical aspect of workforce development and in demand
now more than ever as organizations face the transition of departing
Boomers and arriving Millennials in the workplace. Starting
Strong: A Mentoring Fable (Wiley, October 2014; $25.00) covers
the key components of the first 90 days of a successful mentoring
relationship including building trust, establishing a comfort, holding
productive meetings, dealing with power dynamics, setting goals and
keeping momentum going. It shows those in mentoring and talent
development roles, like human resource professionals, corporate and
nonprofit leaders, and K–12 and higher education administrators, how to
have the six essential mentoring conversations, avoid common pitfalls
and overcome mentoring obstacles. Each episode of the fable is
accompanied by reflection questions, key learnings and strategies that
readers can apply to their own mentoring relationships.
Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable weaves a compelling tale that
exemplifies the concepts, highlights the dynamics and outlines the
issues involved in mentoring relationships. The authors use the form of
a fable to tell the story of a budding mentoring relationship filled
with possibilities, problems, and triumphs.
Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable
By Lois J. Zachary and Lory A. Fischler
Wiley / 978-1-118-76771-9/ October 2014
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