The Mentoring Manual
Your step by step guide to being a better mentor

As a mentor you must be many things: role model, expert, advocate, cheerleader, enforcer and friend. Plus you must make a positive, lasting difference to the knowledge, skills and prospects of your mentee.

So, being a mentor is a big responsibility. But with The Mentoring Manual, getting it right is easy.

Based on methods developed - and proven – in business, this highly practical book will show youhow mentoring works, take you step-by-step through everything you need to know and do, and show you how both parties can get the best from the relationship.

·    Understand what mentoring really is and how to do it well

·    Feel fully confident in your ability to be a great mentor

·    Develop key skills like listening, collaboration and coaching

·    Help your mentee feel more knowledgeable, confident and valued

·    Pass on your skills, experience and expertise to colleagues and contacts

Get the most from mentoring: help your mentee, develop your skills and make a positive difference

“A breath of fresh air compared with many books on coaching and mentoring. The process of mentoring and the potential pitfalls are presented in a clear and challenging way.”

David Megginson, Emeritus Professor of HRD, Sheffield Hallam University

“A clear, pragmatic and accessible guide for mentors.” 

Professor David Clutterbuck, author, speaker, and co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council

About the author

Author's acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter summary

Chapter 1.

What is mentoring? And what is it not?

Chapter 2.

What's different about a mentoring relationship?

Chapter 3.

Guiding principles for mentors

Chapter 4.

What do good mentors do well?

Chapter 5.

A process to support your journey

Chapter 6.

Pitfalls for the less experienced traveller

Chapter 7.

Summary and close

Appendices

Index

Julie Starr an executive coach, writer and speaker and the owner of Starr Consulting; a leading provider of coach and mentor training, which works internationally and across cultures. She is the author of two successful books on coaching, The Coaching Manual and Brilliant Coaching, both by Pearson.