Power Mentoring

Written to reflect the realities of today's business environment, Power Mentoring is a nuts-and-bolts guide for anyone who wants to create a connection with a prot g or mentor, or to improve a current mentoring relationship. Filled with illustrative examples and candid insights from fifty of America's most successful mentors and prot g s, Power Mentoring unlocks the secrets of great mentoring relationships and shows how anyone (including those who are well established in their careers, or those who are just starting out) can become a successful mentor or prot g . Based on compelling interviews from Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy's own research, this important resource explains what it takes to develop a "power mentoring" network consisting of a variety of mentors across a range of organizations and industries. The authors provide strategies for establishing such power mentoring relationships, outline the best practices, and offer insights from mentors and prot g s in a variety of fields including technology, politics, and the media.

Author: Ellen A. Ensher, Susan E. Murphy
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780787979522
ISBN10: 078797952X
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Mentoring & Coaching
- Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management
- Business & Economics | Management | General

About the Author

THE AUTHORS

ELLEN A. ENSHER is an associate professor of management at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

SUSAN ELAINE MURPHY is an associate professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College and the associate dean of the Henry R. Kravis Leadership Institute in Claremont, California.

The authors will donate 50% of their profits from this book to three mentoring organizations: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Covenant House, and Special Games.