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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 658.3124 EAN: 9781403964014 ISBN: 1403964017 Label: Palgrave Macmillan Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: April 17, 2004 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Studio: Palgrave Macmillan Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Too academically preppy for me...This book may prove valuable if the reader has little or no background with self development and leadership as it relays a lot of truths from those areas with respect to mentoring. However, this book is just not my style. I prefer down to earth, straightforward advice without excess words. My style may not be yours...if you find the following three sentences valuable this book may be for you. 1. "Reinforce creativity while tempering over-expansiveness with reality and ... Read More Rating:  - Comprehensive, practical and fun to readIf you are looking for a comprehensive and well-structured guide to mentoring - this is perfect choice. Presented concepts are intuitive and have practical application. What is also important, the book is fun to read. I recommend it both to new adepts of mentoring as well to those more experienced. Rating: - good booki skimmed through this book and was very impressed. it pointed out to me how i should mentor as well as pointing out how i should be mentored. i learned what has been missing in the mentoring that i receive. i am hoping that it will help me ask for the type of mentoring that i want and need. Rating: - The Perfect GiftThis is a valuable book. These authors have managed to distill a very broad topic into easily applied principles. As both a mentor and protege I am grateful for this book. I am now ordering this book as a gift for all my favorite mentors in my Harvard post-doctoral program. I recommend you do the same for those menotors in your life. Rating: - Already The Classic Guide to MentoringAs the Chief Operating Officer for a large medical technology company, I have mentored many junior professionals for years. But until now, I've never found a guide on the art of mentoring that lays out the specific details and skills mentors should master. Imagine my delight at discovering a short but comprehensive resource for everything a new mentor should learn and a seasoned mentor should reconsider. The authors promise a "nuts and bolts" guide to doing mentoring based on the writing style of ... Read More 
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