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

Many managers believe that effective mentoring is most often the lucky result of personal chemistry between two people. But in this book, author Margo Murray lays that myth to rest. Her guide gives you all the expert advice, tools, and case studies you'll need to harness the power of mentoring. Building on the solid principles outlined in the first book, this revised edition adds examples of mentoring from recent publications and the author's client experience. It also includes international examples. It reveals how mentoring can maximize employee productivity and provides information on how to assess organizational needs and link them to the mentoring process. Includes all the information needed to evaluate the effectiveness of a mentoring program.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix The Author xxi Part One: The Mentoring Concept, Benefits, and Pitfalls 1 1. What Mentoring Is--and What It Is Not 15 2. Mentoring at Work in Organizations 17 3. The Upside and the Downside for the Organization 33 4. Payoffs and Penalties for the Protégé 47 5. The Mentor’s Motivation and Concerns 59 Part Two: Facilitated Mentoring: How to Make It Work 71 6. Mentoring Models and Applications 75 7. Assessing Needs and Determining Organizational Readiness 103 8. Structuring the Mentor Role: Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection, and Rewards 115 9. Selecting Protégés and Diagnosing Their Development Needs 131 10. Involving the Boss Who Is Not the Mentor 145 11. The Coordination Team: Selection, Training, and Responsibilities 151 12. Negotiating Sound Mentoring Agreements 167 13. Evaluating Mentoring Process Effectiveness 177 14. Gender, Culture, and Relationship Concerns 191 15. Making Facilitated Mentoring Work 205 Resource: Sources of Instruments for Assessing Growth and Development 211 References 213 Index 219

About the Author :
MARGO MURRAY is president and chief operating officer of MMHA The Managers' Mentors, Inc., international consulting firm. She has more than twenty-five years of practical experience designing and implementing mentoring programs in public, private, education, and nonprofit organizations.

Review :
"Margo told us early on that mentoring would be the linchpin of our AYES model and she was certainly correct. Our mentoring process hasset the AYES initiative apart from all other automotive training programs. Thanks to her for all of her contributions and coachingus to emphasize the mentor role in our initiative." —Donald T.Gray, president and CEO, Automotive YES, General Motors "Margo has done it again! This new edition provides the blueprint,tools, and resources to create a successful facilitated mentoring process. This revised edition will be a great addition to your professional library." —Roger M. Addison, director, human performance technology, International Society for Performance Improvement "The phenomenon of the use of mentoring in today's society is definitely at a juncture where it needs to be developed as acomprehensive discipline. Ms. Murray's Facilitated Mentoring Model provides the critical link for private and public sector mentoring." —Martin A. Jacks, founding president and director, The Mentoring Center, Oakland, California "A must read for the HRD practitioner interested in building arealistic approach to facilitated mentoring." —Kathy WentworthDrahosz, president, The Training Connection, Inc. "For many individuals and organizations who work directly with people, the concept of mentoring, of developing potential, simply makes sense. Too often the problem is how to accomplish this. Margo Murray's book makes this process understandable and provides a very effective roadmap to successful mentoring relationships." —DannyE. Sledge, dean of students, Kalamazoo College, and president, International Mentoring Association