Johnson, W. Brad <br/><br/>
The elements of mentoring 
/ W. Brad Johnson and Charles R. Ridley  
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2004 
 - xii, 164 p.  
<br/><br/>Select your proteges carefully; <br/>be there;<br/>known your proteges; <br/>expect excellence and nothing less; <br/>affirm, affirm, affirm and then affirm some more; <br/>provide sponsorship; <br/>be a teacher and a coach; <br/>encourge and support;<br/>shape behavior using reinforcement;<br/>offer counsel in difficult times;<br/>protest when necessary; <br/>stimulate growth with challenging assignments;<br/>give proteges exposure and promote their visibility; <br/>nuture creativity; <br/>provide correction even when painful;<br/>give the inside scoop; <br/>narrate growth and development; <br/>self disclose when appropriate; <br/>accept increasing friendship and mutuality; <br/>teach faceting; <br/>be an intentional model; <br/>display dependability; <br/>traits of excellent mentors: matters of style and personality; <br/>arranging the mentor -protege relationship: matters of beginning; <br/>knowing thyself as a mentor: matters of integrity; <br/>when things go wrong: matters of restoration; <br/>welcoming change and saying good bye: matters of closure 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230613645 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mentoring in business<br/>Mentoring<br/>mentoring in education<br/>Mentoring in the professions<br/>Employees--Counseling of
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.3124  / J6301