The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You | Date: 28 April 2011, 05:52
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The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You
By Lois J. Zachary, Lory A. Fischler
* Publisher: Jossey-Bass
* Number Of Pages: 176
* Publication Date: 2009-07-27
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470343583
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470343586
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Praise for The Mentee's Guide
"The Mentee’s Guide inspires and guides the potential mentee, provides new insights for an adventure in learning that lies ahead, and underscores my personal belief and experience that mentoring is circular. The mentor gains as much as the mentee in this evocative relationship. Lois Zachary’s new book is a great gift."
—Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute
"Whether you are the mentee or mentor, born or made for the role, you will gain much more from the relationship by practicing the fun and easy, A-to-Z principles of The Mentee’s Guide by the master of excellence, Lois Zachary."
—Ken Shelton, editor, Leadership Excellence
"With this deeply practical book filled with stories and useful exercises, Lois Zachary completes her ground-breaking trilogy on mentoring. Must-reading for those in search of a richer understanding of this deeply human relationship as well as anyone seeking a mentor, whether for new skills, job advancement, or deeper wisdom."
—Laurent A. Parks Daloz, senior fellow, The Whidbey Institute, and author, Mentor: Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners
"Lois Zachary and Lory Fischler’s book confirms the importance of providing newly appointed leaders with the support and tools they need to maximize the learning opportunities available through a mentoring relationship. Principals and vice-principals in Ontario currently value Zachary’s books on creating a culture of mentoring and her guide for mentors in facilitating effective relationships. This new resource completes the collection and provides a comprehensive resource for establishing successful mentoring programs."
—Joanne Robinson, senior consultant, Education Leadership Canada
"Lois Zachary understands the essence of mentoring. Her new book, written with her associate, Lory Fischler, is another great tool for me as a leader, working with mentoring every day, always looking to make the relationships more effective. Successful mentoring is not about a cup of coffee now and then; it is a real, committed relationship with clear expectations on both sides."
—Pernille Lopez, president, IKEA US
"A leading authority on mentoring, Lois Zachary writes with the clarity of purpose and generosity of spirit that animate successful mentoring relationships. Based on solid research, her book presents useful exercises and juicy, real-life examples that will help you make your time as a mentee wonderfully productive and affirming."
—Sheila Grinell, president and CEO emeritus, Arizona Science Center
"This easy -to-read, highly practical and reliable book teaches lessons that lead to successful mentoring in cross-cultural and international environments."
—Eric Ng, president, ESSN International Pte Ltd, Training & Consultancy Services
Summary: Everyone interested in taking advantage of the learning culture of an organization should read and work through this book.
Rating: 5
Lois Zachary does it again in The Mentee's Guide. Her previous books (Creating a Mentoring Culture and The Mentor's Guide)have been my bibles in terms of building a mentoring culture at the non-profit organization for which I work. She presents the material for an aspiring Mentee to prepare them for the relationship with their Mentor. She uses a four-fold framework to describe the learning relationship life-cycle: preparing, negotiating, enabling and termination. The exercises in the book are straightforward and help facilitate the self-knowledge that a Mentee needs to fine-tune his or her relationship with the Mentor. I would like to see a future book focus on the success factors and outcomes of a Mentoring program - possibly titled "Evaluating a Mentoring Program". While this is treated in Creating a Mentoring Culture, this topic needs its own book. I highly recommend purchasing all three books.
Summary: A welcome addition
Rating: 5
What a great addition to the excellent mentoring series. This latest book is a clear, smooth-flowing and thoughtful examination of process. Through carefully questions, charts and examples, its step-by-step approach builds skills, confidence, and understanding of goals. A practical book that provides a positive guide to building relationships.
Summary: This is the book we've been waiting for!
Rating: 5
If you have been thinking you need a mentor, you must purchase this book! Entering into a mentoring relationship requires thoughtful preparation and Lois Zachary clearly and succinctly outlines the process that will lead to your readiness for mentoring. The book covers important topics from the mentee's perspective: exercises for self-understanding, how to examine your assumptions about mentoring, how to choose a mentor and set your own learning goals,the process you can expect, and even developing an awareness of danger signs in a mentoring relationship. I have been a fan of Lois Zachary's Mentor's Guide and have used it as required reading in the graduate course I teach on Mentoring. But the Mentee's Guide is the companion book I was waiting for - a book that will empower adult learners to seek the mentor they need to enhance their personal and professional growth.
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