PREFACE

The words mentor and mentoring have become veritable buzzwords, and it’s fashionable these days to utter them at just the right moment, whether it’s in front of your boss or your coworkers or fellow professionals.

But when we talk with people in private, they confess that they are confused about the meaning of the words and some admit they don’t know how to “do” mentoring. That’s rather unfortunate. That’s because mentoring, when done right, is good for the mentor, the mentee, and the mentee’s organization.

This book is our response to this situation. The book opens with an Advance Organizer that gives the reader a chance to access the book’s content quickly, making it rapidly accessible. The book is divided into two parts. The first ...

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