Lois J. Zachary

Creating a Mentoring Culture (eBook, PDF)

The Organization's Guide

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In order to succeed in today's competitive environment, corporate and nonprofit institutions must create a workplace climate that encourages employees to continue to learn and grow. From the author of the best-selling The Mentor's Guide comes the next-step mentoring resource to ensure personnel at all levels of an organization will teach and learn from each other. Written for anyone who wants to embed mentoring within their organization, Creating a Mentoring Culture is filled with step-by-step guidance, practical advice, engaging stories, and includes a wealth of reproducible forms and tools.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780787980443
• Artikelnr.: 37351420

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Exercises xiii
Exhibits and Figures xv
Foreword xvii
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxvii
About the Author xxix
Part 1 Taking Stock: Mentoring's Foundation
What Is Mentoring, Anyway? 3
Does Mentoring Add Value to the Organization? 4
How Do We Start? 5
1 Mentoring, Embedded in the Culture 7
The Importance of Embedding Mentoring in the Culture 8
An Ideal Scenario 9
Phases of a Mentoring Relationship 13
Embedding Mentoring: Reflection on Practice 14
2 Connecting Culture and Mentoring 15
Grounding the Work 15
Identifying Cultural Anchors 22
Deciding to Move Forward 28
Where Do You Want to Be? Aligning Organizational and Mentoring Goals 29
Connecting Culture and Mentoring: Reflection on Practice 29
3 Planning Implementation 31
Readiness, Opportunity, and Support: A Model for Change 32
People and the Plan 34
The Process of Implementation 41
Planning Implementation: Reflection on Practice 49
Part 2 Moving Forward: Mentoring at Work
The Hallmarks of Mentoring 52
Moving Mentoring Forward 54
4 Infrastructure 57
Mentoring Infrastructure Components 58
Infrastructure: Reflection on Practice 74
5 Alignment 78
Concepts and Challenges 79
Characteristics of Alignment 80
People: Powering Mentoring 85
Process Components of Alignment 89
Alignment: Reflection on Practice 105
6 Accountability 108
The Concept of Accountability 109
Setting Goals 110
Clarifying Expectations 115
Defining Roles and Responsibilities 116
Monitoring Progress and Measuring Results 121
Gathering Feedback 129
Formulating Action Goals 133
Accountability: Reflection on Practice 133
7 Communication 137
Challenges of Communication 137
Communication Criteria 139
Benefits of Communication 140
Components of Communication 145
Communication: Reflection on Practice 157
8 Value and Visibility 162
Identifying the Value 162
Showing Support Through Visibility 164
Practices That Stimulate Value and Visibility 166
Value and Visibility: Reflection on Practice 176
9 Demand 178
Creating Demand in a Mentoring Culture 178
Impact and Indications of Demand 180
What Factors Prevent Demand from Flourishing? 182
How Do Mentoring Hallmarks Contribute to Demand? 184
Demand: Reflection on Practice 186
10 Multiple Mentoring Opportunities 188
Planning the Opportunity 188
Types of Mentoring Relationships 192
From Opportunity to Planning 210
Multiple Mentoring Opportunities: Reflection on Practice 213
11 Education and Training 218
Developing a Big-Picture Perspective 219
Key Factors at Work 219
Evaluating Your Key Factors 227
Anatomy of a Training Experience 233
Strategies for Success 242
Education and Training: Reflection on Practice 246
12 Safety Nets 248
Relying on the Net 248
Proactive Approaches to Obstacles 250
Reactive Approaches to Obstacles 253
Gaps in the Net 258
Safety Nets: Reflection on Practice 258
Epilogue: Moving on: Mentoring and the Future 261
From Seed to Blossom 262
From Blossom to Fruit 262
Cultural Integration: A Caveat 263
Reflection Is the Practice 265
Appendix One: Mentoring Culture Audit 266
Appendix Two: Digging Deeper 273
References 286
Index 293
Credits 299
How to Use the CD-ROM 303