Beyond the Myths and Magic of Mentoring: How to Facilitate an Effective Mentoring Program

Part 1 The mentoring concept, benefits, and pitfalls: what mentoring is - what it is not mentoring at work in organizations the upside and the downside for the organization payoffs and penalties for the protege the mentor's motivation and concerns. Part 2 Facilitated mentoring - how to make it work: mentoring models and applications assessing needs and determining organizational readiness structuring the mentor role - qualifications, recruitment, selection, and rewards selecting proteges and diagnosing their development needs involving the boss who is not the mentor the coordinator - selection, training, and responsibilities negotiating sound mentoring agreements evaluating program effectiveness gender, culture, and relationship concerns making facilitated mentoring work resource - sources of instruments for assessing growth and development.