How to be a brilliant mentor

✍ Scribed by Szczyglak, Gisèle

• Publisher: FT Press; Pearson
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 345
• Series: Brilliant
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Based on proven practical methodologies, this highly practical book will show you how to develop, nurture and guide the talents and skills of other people .



Everyonehas the potential to be a brilliant mentor.

Mentoring is fast-becoming the must-have leadership skill that helps you get the best out of your staff, andBrilliant Mentoringshows how you can have it too. Based on methods specifically developed and proven in business, you'll discover what it takes to be a mentor, how to use the individual and collective mentoring methods and how to apply these to common scenarios.

WithBrilliant Mentoringyou'll unlock your own unique mentoring ability and reap the rewards in no time at all!

BRILLIANT OUTCOMES:


Feel confident in your ability to be a great mentor Choose the best mentoring strategy for you and your team Put core mentoring skills into action Increase performance in your workplace

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
About the author ix......Page 10
Acknowledgements x......Page 11
Introduction xi......Page 12
part 1 The what and why of mentoring......Page 16
1 What is mentoring?......Page 18
2 What is the difference between coaching, mentoring and sponsoring?......Page 26
3 How will mentoring benefit you and your team?......Page 42
4 Individual or group mentoring – what is best for your team?......Page 56
part 2 The how of mentoring......Page 86
5 What makes an effective mentor: success factors, attitudes and communication......Page 88
6 What’s your style? The essential mentor; the manager-mentor; the executive mentor; the all-inspiring mentor......Page 108
7 Factors influencing success or failure in the mentoring process......Page 122
8 The step-by-step individual mentoring programme......Page 140
1 Matching the mentor and mentee......Page 142
2 Training mentees for success......Page 146
3 Establishing and maintaining a good mentoring relationship......Page 156
4 Setting and monitoring effective mentoring objectives......Page 171
5 Successful mentoring meetings......Page 197
6 Giving efficient and effective feedback......Page 220
7 Ending the programme......Page 244
part 3 Be a successful mentor and manager......Page 260
9 Being both a mentor and a manager: how to switch from one to the other......Page 262
10 Use mentoring to increase commitment and motivation in your team......Page 280
11 Improving your own leadership and interactive skills through mentoring......Page 296
12 Cross-mentoring and e-mentoring: exciting new ways of working......Page 314
Conclusion......Page 328
Bibliography......Page 332
Index......Page 334