Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective

Mentoring is one of the fastest growing forms of management development and the strongest growth area in mentoring is at director level. Very little is known about the nature of these relationships and the shutters on director mentoring are opened through a series of structured interviews with directors and their mentors. 'Mentoring Executives and Directors' is a lively, informative read including company and individual cases across a wide spectrum of sector and company size. It will be of considerable interest to Human Resource professionals and academics, headhunters and management consultants as well as senior managers, executives and directors, and their mentors.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface Introduction Human Behavior Theory and the African American Experience The Black Family in the 21st Century and the Church as an Action System: A Macro Perspective Enhancing the Resilience of African American Families The Psychological Effects of Skin Color on African Americans’ Self Esteem Re-Gendering Social Work Practice and Education: The Case for African American Girls Teenage Black Girls and Violence: Coming of Age in an Urban Environment Young African American Males: Promoting Psychological and Social Well-Being Substance Abuse Among African American Children: A Developmental Framework for Identifying Intervention Strategies Cultural Alignment, African American Male Youths, and Violent Crime Black on Black Crime: Compensation for Idiomatic Purposelessness African American Street Gangs: A Quest for Identity A Postmodern Perspective on Black Suicides in the United States African American Gay Men and Lesbians: Examining the Complexity of Gay Identity Development The Adult Life Cycle of Poor African American Fathers Young African American Grandmothers: A Missed Developmental Stage Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy in the Process of Dying: Focus on Aged African Americans and Latinos Index Reference Notes Included

Review :
'An absolute PEACH of a book ... the combination of lively and quite personal case material with summaries and models from very experienced people is absolutely right for Personnel Directors, experienced practitioners and senior line people' Wendy Hirsh, HR Consultant "Fortunately this isn't just another academic study of mentoring. The quality of research data ensures this book stands out against many others as a practical resource for anyone working with people in senior roles' Martin Harvey, Management Development Manager, The Royal Bank of Scotland The book has great strength in combining the voices of mentors and mentees with the summarising talents of the authors. It shows the contradictory realities of different mentoring relationships. The authors provide excellent advice and even better, tell readers to be selective about the advice they take." Dr Alan Mumford, Specialist in Director and Management Development 'One of my main regrets is that I didn't use a personal mentor earlier in my career ..' Estelle Clark, Director, Quality and Business Effectiveness, ICL 'It's a book which executives and directors should not be without' Professional Manager 'In a nutshell, this book targets the processes of enabling people to manage transitions in a way that is effective for themselves and their organisations. It's a book which executives and directors should not be without.' Professional Manager March 2000 'The book reviews the authors' own experience, supplemented in considerable detail by interviews with other mentors and interesting case material. [It] provides some very interesting frameworks through which you can either analyse what you propose to do with a mentor or review what you have actually done.' Alan Mumford, Industrial and Commercial Training, volume 32, number 6 (2000) Only book on mentoring specifically for directors and senior executives. Personnel Today, 17th July 01