TY - BOOK AU - Johnson, W. Brad TI - The elements of mentoring SN - 9780230613645 U1 - 658.3124 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Mentoring in business KW - Mentoring KW - mentoring in education KW - Mentoring in the professions KW - Employees--Counseling of N1 - Select your proteges carefully; be there; known your proteges; expect excellence and nothing less; affirm, affirm, affirm and then affirm some more; provide sponsorship; be a teacher and a coach; encourge and support; shape behavior using reinforcement; offer counsel in difficult times; protest when necessary; stimulate growth with challenging assignments; give proteges exposure and promote their visibility; nuture creativity; provide correction even when painful; give the inside scoop; narrate growth and development; self disclose when appropriate; accept increasing friendship and mutuality; teach faceting; be an intentional model; display dependability; traits of excellent mentors: matters of style and personality; arranging the mentor -protege relationship: matters of beginning; knowing thyself as a mentor: matters of integrity; when things go wrong: matters of restoration; welcoming change and saying good bye: matters of closure ER -