The mentoring advantage [electronic resource] : creating the next generation of leaders / Florence Stone.

Includes index.

Introduction: what mentoring is all about-and it isn't about -- Building mentoring relationships -- Who should be mentor, whom to be mentored -- Developing a mentoring relationship -- The three stages of mentoring--breaking up is hard to do -- The effective mentor: roles & responsibilities -- Being a role model, broker and cheerleader -- Mentor as career counselor -- Straight talk -- Problems and problem solving -- The e-dimension -- The global dimension -- Mentoring through difficult situations -- Mentor as supervisor -- Traps to avoid -- Team mentoring -- Team sponsorship -- Team mentoring strategies -- The how-to of facilitated programs -- What makes for a successful formal system? -- Selection of a program coordinator or coordinating committee -- Negotiating sound mentoring agreements -- Special situations.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.