Comments on: The Mentee’s Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Linda J. Searby http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-34 Linda J. Searby Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:26:33 +0000 http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-34 If you have been thinking you need a mentor, you must purchase this book! Entering into a mentoring relationship requires thoughtful preparation and Lois Zachary clearly and succinctly outlines the process that will lead to your readiness for mentoring. The book covers important topics from the mentee's perspective: exercises for self-understanding, how to examine your assumptions about mentoring, how to choose a mentor and set your own learning goals,the process you can expect, and even developing an awareness of danger signs in a mentoring relationship. I have been a fan of Lois Zachary's Mentor's Guide and have used it as required reading in the graduate course I teach on Mentoring. But the Mentee's Guide is the companion book I was waiting for - a book that will empower adult learners to seek the mentor they need to enhance their personal and professional growth. Rating: 5 / 5 If you have been thinking you need a mentor, you must purchase this book! Entering into a mentoring relationship requires thoughtful preparation and Lois Zachary clearly and succinctly outlines the process that will lead to your readiness for mentoring. The book covers important topics from the mentee’s perspective: exercises for self-understanding, how to examine your assumptions about mentoring, how to choose a mentor and set your own learning goals,the process you can expect, and even developing an awareness of danger signs in a mentoring relationship. I have been a fan of Lois Zachary’s Mentor’s Guide and have used it as required reading in the graduate course I teach on Mentoring. But the Mentee’s Guide is the companion book I was waiting for – a book that will empower adult learners to seek the mentor they need to enhance their personal and professional growth.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Harriet Rosen http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-33 Harriet Rosen Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:08:36 +0000 http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-33 What a great addition to the excellent mentoring series. This latest book is a clear, smooth-flowing and thoughtful examination of process. Through carefully questions, charts and examples, its step-by-step approach builds skills, confidence, and understanding of goals. A practical book that provides a positive guide to building relationships. Rating: 5 / 5 What a great addition to the excellent mentoring series. This latest book is a clear, smooth-flowing and thoughtful examination of process. Through carefully questions, charts and examples, its step-by-step approach builds skills, confidence, and understanding of goals. A practical book that provides a positive guide to building relationships.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: birdseyeview http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-32 birdseyeview Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:33:27 +0000 http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-32 Lois Zachary does it again in The Mentee's Guide. Her previous books (Creating a Mentoring Culture and The Mentor's Guide)have been my bibles in terms of building a mentoring culture at the non-profit organization for which I work. She presents the material for an aspiring Mentee to prepare them for the relationship with their Mentor. She uses a four-fold framework to describe the learning relationship life-cycle: preparing, negotiating, enabling and termination. The exercises in the book are straightforward and help facilitate the self-knowledge that a Mentee needs to fine-tune his or her relationship with the Mentor. I would like to see a future book focus on the success factors and outcomes of a Mentoring program - possibly titled "Evaluating a Mentoring Program". While this is treated in Creating a Mentoring Culture, this topic needs its own book. I highly recommend purchasing all three books. Rating: 5 / 5 Lois Zachary does it again in The Mentee’s Guide. Her previous books (Creating a Mentoring Culture and The Mentor’s Guide)have been my bibles in terms of building a mentoring culture at the non-profit organization for which I work. She presents the material for an aspiring Mentee to prepare them for the relationship with their Mentor. She uses a four-fold framework to describe the learning relationship life-cycle: preparing, negotiating, enabling and termination. The exercises in the book are straightforward and help facilitate the self-knowledge that a Mentee needs to fine-tune his or her relationship with the Mentor. I would like to see a future book focus on the success factors and outcomes of a Mentoring program – possibly titled “Evaluating a Mentoring Program”. While this is treated in Creating a Mentoring Culture, this topic needs its own book. I highly recommend purchasing all three books.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Sharon Nottingham http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-31 Sharon Nottingham Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:52:43 +0000 http://www.masyoungadult.org/17-the-mentees-guide-making-mentoring-work-for-you.html#comment-31 If you have been researching mentoring, your search is over now that you have discovered Dr. Lois Zachary. Dr. Zachary, an internationally recognized expert in mentoring and leadership, has written three books providing resources for organizations, mentors and most recently mentees. <br /> <br />"The Mentee's Guide: Making Mentoring Work For you" combines theory, real-life examples, and practical exercises that will enhance your mentoring relationship regardless of its stage. Whether you are considering finding a mentor, are in a corporate program or are already connected with a mentor in an informal situation, the process will be improved by what you learn from this book. <br /> <br />"The Mentee's Guide" is such an easy read and I found myself so energized by it that I read Dr. Zachary's "The Mentor's Guide" before settling down to explore the exercises for mentees. From a personal reflection exercise through goal setting and agreements all the way to bringing the relationship to closure, working through the exercises will leave no questions unanswered. With this book you will have a mentoring guru at your side throughout the process. Rating: 5 / 5 If you have been researching mentoring, your search is over now that you have discovered Dr. Lois Zachary. Dr. Zachary, an internationally recognized expert in mentoring and leadership, has written three books providing resources for organizations, mentors and most recently mentees.

“The Mentee’s Guide: Making Mentoring Work For you” combines theory, real-life examples, and practical exercises that will enhance your mentoring relationship regardless of its stage. Whether you are considering finding a mentor, are in a corporate program or are already connected with a mentor in an informal situation, the process will be improved by what you learn from this book.

“The Mentee’s Guide” is such an easy read and I found myself so energized by it that I read Dr. Zachary’s “The Mentor’s Guide” before settling down to explore the exercises for mentees. From a personal reflection exercise through goal setting and agreements all the way to bringing the relationship to closure, working through the exercises will leave no questions unanswered. With this book you will have a mentoring guru at your side throughout the process.
Rating: 5 / 5

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