Teaching and learning are not limited to academic settings–corporate and non-profit organizations benefit when staff is encouraged to continue learning and growing within the organization. Mentoring is a highly effective way of insuring that personnel in all levels of an organization teach, and learn from, each other. Through mentoring, an organization’s mission and goals are clarified, and its community strengthened.
Book Details:
- Author: Lois J. Zachary
- ISBN: 9780470365915
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 336
- BISAC: BUS106000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Mentoring & Coaching
About the Book and Topic:
Teaching and learning are not limited to academic settings–corporate and non-profit organizations benefit when staff is encouraged to continue learning and growing within the organization. Mentoring is a highly effective way of insuring that personnel in all levels of an organization teach, and learn from, each other. Through mentoring, an organization’s mission and goals are clarified, and its community strengthened.
This resource provides practical tools and advice to any organization that is seeking to encourage a culture of mentoring. A sequel to the author’s first book, “The Mentor’s Guide”, this book discusses how to build and support mentoring relationships in non-academic organizations. It provides forms and tools for the trainer, staff developer, or human resources personnel to use to aid organizations in developing support for mentoring programs, through all steps of the process.
This book offers a nuts-and-bolts advice for anyone trying to establish a mentoring program in their organization. * Filled with illustrative stories. * Practical advice for ensuring that personnel in all levels of an organization teach, and learn from, each other. * Offers reproducible forms and tools. * Written by the author of the bestselling book The Mentor’s Guide.
About the Author
Lois J. Zachary is president of Leadership Development Services, LLC, a Phoenix-based consulting firm providing leadership development, coaching, education, and training for corporate and nonprofit organizations nationwide. She is a nationally recognized expert in mentoring. Her innovative mentoring approaches and expertise in coaching leaders and their organizations in designing, implementing, and evaluating learner-centered mentoring programs has made her an award-winning consultant. She is the author of the best-selling The Mentor’s Guide from Jossey-Bass.