Product Description
Because the mentoring process involves a number of distinct stages, a wide range of skills are needed throughout the process and these skills are situational. In other words, a skilled mentor understands the principles of mentoring but is also able to use appropriate skills according to the person with whom they are working and the stage they have reached in the relationship. In addition, different types of mentoring programme will demand a skills set particular to each. As with many other areas of development, a mix of the theoretical and the practical is needed to ensure that programmes and relationships achieve their potential. In The Situational Mentor: An International Review of Competencies and Capabilities in Mentoring, David Clutterbuck and Gill Lane have brought together contributions from leading international academics and practitioners to define the key skills involved in mentoring and explore how these may be tailored to ensure a successful outcome in all instances.
About the Author
David Clutterbuck is author of nearly 50 books on management development and is widely regarded as the guru on the topics of coaching and mentoring. He has more than 30 years experience in the mentoring field, and has helped hundreds of companies design, implement and sustain successful mentoring programmes. He is Senior Partner at Clutterbuck Associates, the world's leading provider of mentoring scheme support, research and best practice. Gill Lane has worked as a coach, mentor and trainer for more than 30 years, which included 18 years in the NHS and 9 years in a full-time academic role at Henley Management College. In 1986 she set up her own coaching and development consultancy, from which Gill Lane Associates was later formed, specialising in the coaching, mentoring and training of senior executives, managers and professionals on a one-to-one, team and group basis.
