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Power Mentoring
Book

Power Mentoring

How Mentors and Protégés Get The Most Out of Their Relationships

Jossey-Bass, 2005 plus...


Editorial Rating

8

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Recommendation

To demonstrate how "power mentoring" works in practice, authors Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy provide down-to-earth interviews with about 50 pairs of high-powered mentors and their protégés. The conversations offer useful nuggets of insight about office politics, job advancement and successful networking. In addition, unlike many books on the topic, this one provides a useful snapshot of the issues, dramas and special challenges women and minorities in the modern workplace face - and the picture is not always pretty. The book’s biggest flaws are its redundancy and use of boardroom clichés. Still, getAbstract recommends this personalized, practical book to potential mentor-protégé teams.

Take-Aways

  • The last two decades have radically altered the corporate landscape. To succeed in the current environment, employees need new tools and "mentoring relationships."
  • Mentors provide career advice and emotional assistance to their apprentices.
  • "Power mentoring" yields perks for both mentor and protégé, including multiple levels of exchange and high-quality teamwork.

About the Authors

Ellen Ensher is associate professor of management at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Susan Murphy is associate dean of the Henry R. Kravis Leadership Institute in Claremont, California, and associate professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College.


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    J. P. 7 years ago
    Expands the notion of mentoring to "every kind of contact that can help me in my career". Why not, but there isn't a lot that wasn't already familiar in the mentoring/ career development space.
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    R. L. 7 years ago
    Knowing that mentoring is still alive in today's work/study climate is eye opening. Its great that it has also evolved to more then just face to face.
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    R. L. 7 years ago
    Knowing that mentoring is still alive in today's work/study climate is eye opening. Its great that it has also evolved to more then just face to face.