Power Mentoring How Successful Mentors and Proteges Get the Most Out of Their Relationships

by Ensher, Ellen A.; Murphy, Susan E.

• ISBN13: 9780787979522
• ISBN10: 078797952X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Written to reflect the realities of today's business environment, Power Mentoring is a nuts-and-bolts guide for anyone who wants to create a connection with a prot_g_ or mentor, or to improve a current mentoring relationship. Filled with illustrative examples and candid insights from fifty of America's most successful mentors and prot_g_s, Power Mentoring unlocks the secrets of great mentoring relationships and shows how anyone (including those who are well established in their careers, or those who are just starting out) can become a successful mentor or prot_g_. Based on compelling interviews from Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy's own research, this important resource explains what it takes to develop a "power mentoring" network consisting of a variety of mentors across a range of organizations and industries. The authors provide strategies for establishing such power mentoring relationships, outline the best practices, and offer insights from mentors and prot_g_s in a variety of fields including technology, politics, and the media.

Author Biography

Ellen A. Ensher is an associate professor of management at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

Susan Elaine Murphy is an associate professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College and the associate dean of the Henry R. Kravis Leadership Institute in Claremont, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Power Mentoring	1	(25)
Who Are Our Power Mentors and Proteges?	3	(10)
The Changing Career Landscape	13	(8)
Overview of the Book	21	(5)
The Many Faces of Power Mentoring	26	(41)
Classic Versus Contemporary Approaches to Mentoring	28	(17)
The Many Types of Power Mentoring	45	(19)
Conclusion	64	(3)
Mentoring as a Two-Way Street: Benefits of Giving and Receiving	67	(35)
Give-and-Take in Power Mentoring Relationships	68	(2)
Road Map to This Chapter	70	(1)
Meet the Power Mentors and Proteges: Stories of Give-and-Take	71	(25)
Summary of Benefits for Proteges and Mentors	96	(4)
Conclusion	100	(2)
The Mind of the Mentor	102	(36)
Mental Models: The Philosophies of Mentoring	105	(11)
The Mentor's Attraction to the Protege	116	(5)
The Perfect Protege	121	(4)
Tests and Challenges	125	(11)
Conclusion	136	(2)
The Protege's Perspective: How to Get and Keep a Power Mentor	138	(37)
Initiation and Attraction	140	(2)
Developing Trust in the Mentoring Relationship	142	(10)
Identifying a Power Mentor	152	(3)
Cultivating the Art of Impression Management	155	(2)
Developing a Goal-Oriented Attitude	157	(4)
Forming Connection Strategies	161	(12)
Conclusion	173	(2)
Unlocking the Secrets of Great Power Mentoring Relationships	175	(34)
Building Blocks of Effective Relationships	177	(13)
Defining Moments	190	(6)
Deepening the Mentoring Relationship	196	(12)
Conclusion	208	(1)
Power Mentoring and You	209	(46)
The Relationship Development Plan	210	(43)
Conclusion	253	(2)
Conclusion: What We Have Learned About Mentoring in Today's Work Environment	255	(18)
Turning Everyday Mentoring into Power Mentoring	256	(1)
What We Know About Effective Mentoring Relationships	256	(4)
What We Are Still Learning About Mentoring Relationships	260	(2)
The Lessons of Power Mentoring for Formal Mentoring Programs	262	(6)
Getting a Formal Mentoring Program Off the Ground	268	(3)
Conclusion	271	(2)
Appendix A: The Interviewees	273	(30)
Appendix B: Studying Power Mentoring Relationships	303	(10)
Notes	313	(20)
Acknowledgments	333	(6)
The Authors	339	(4)
Index	343