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Book Synopsis
 Mentorship
is as old as human behavior and one of our most powerful methods of
learning. So why aren’t more working adults using this process to
advance their careers? Mentorship is the process of learning through
an extended dialogue between an experienced person with a rich fund
of knowledge and expertise and one who has less knowledge and
experience in a particular field or profession. The threat to
mentorship in the workplace may come in the form of “Baby Boomer”
retirements - radically
shrinking the pool of experienced professionals who make up the
mentor population. The time is now to start the transfer of your
organization’s knowledge legacy so that succeeding generations can
grow and develop.
The goal of this book
is to provide information that will motivate more working adults to
become involved in mentorship and see this process as essential for
achieving career success. Readers will learn that there are people
with information in every workplace who can provide the means to be
more successful. With the insights provided
here, you will become more observant and opportunistic and take
advantage of the sea of knowledge that surrounds you.
Contrary to popular
belief, growth through mentorship is not an accident and does take
effort. Mentoring partners must learn to produce positive results
for themselves; whether they are in an organization with a mentoring
program or an entrepreneur plying their trade alone. Numerous
examples drawn from real-life mentoring partners will give the
reader a flavor for the benefits that can be derived from
mentorship. Material in the book is drawn primarily from the
feedback of hundreds of mentor/mentee pairs in formal programs and
interviews with informal mentoring partners
representing a wide range of job categories and employees at many
levels in a variety of industries, businesses and public service
agencies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
The Great Adventure of
Necessity
2.
Producing Results Through Mentorship
3.
Barriers to Successful Mentoring
4.
Finding the Right Mentoring Partner
5.
Creating the Links between Mentor and Mentee
6.
Special Challenges to Mentoring Relationships
7.
Your Path Forward
8.
Epilogue
9.
Resources
10.
Appendix
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