Product Description

The Mentee's Guide to Mentoring offers practical guidance in the art of establishing and maintaining productive interpersonal communication with mentors. Mentees who are knowledgeable about the dynamics of the one-to-one mentoring relationship - especially from the perspective of the trained mentor - will be in a stronger position to directly contribute to a more effective utilization of time and energy during their own participation in a mentoring program.

The Guide is divided into 15 sections. Each section contains concise information about an important facet of the mentoring experience. As a unified approach to mentoring, the total work will provide mentees with a comprehensive overview of the one-to-one model of learning. In addition, a detailed subject index offers more precise assistance in locating specific topics.

Key Training Points for Mentees:
Understand the essential purpose and attainable goals of sponsored programs
Comprehend the responsibilities of persons who have been properly oriented and trained to function in the complete mentor role
Learn and apply the interpersonal skills typically required of both mentees and mentors
Anticipate internal and external problems normally inherent in mentoring-based development initiatives
Identify specific actions mentees can pursue as independent learners during the evolving phases of mentoring

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #165910 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 73 pages

About the Author
Norman Cohen holds a Doctorate in Adult Education and Psychology from Temple University and is a professor at the Community College of Philadelphia. He has conducted research, presented numerous articles, and authored Mentoring Adult Learners: A Guide for Educators and Trainers and Mentoring: New Strategies and Challenges.

He has worked extensively as a consultant with a wide range of business, government, health care, and academic organizations.

Customer Reviews

Good and yet...
Where do I start with this review? The small paperback mentee's guide to mentoring is good and yet... it's just not great, not want I would want as someone being montored to introduce me to the process; not what I would be giving to those I am mentoring.

It most certainly details step by step the mentoring process, which is great. It gives excellent definitions, at times and offers valuable insights into the mentoring process for mentor and mentee alike. However, it is written in a heavily left brain, difficult style making it a tough, slow read at best. Also, it is meant for the mentee (not that I like that term) though reads as though talking to both the mentor and mentee. Frankly, I had to plough through it to get the nuggets, which I am glad I did, though I wonder how much more beneficial the book could have been if it was a little more user friendly.