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Source ISBN: 9780008146818
Ebook Edition © May 2017 ISBN: 9780008146825
Version: 2017-03-29
Contents
No Compass, No Map: Life in a Mentorless Land
Engagement: Establishing the Relationship
Creating a Mentoring Program in Your Organization
One Minute Mentoring is a fictional parable about the power of finding—or being—a mentor. Perhaps you’re wondering about the title. Why One Minute Mentoring? Because we have found that the best advice we ever gave or received was given in less than a minute. In other words, the guidance that really made a difference did not come in the form of long, complex theories—it came in short, meaningful insights.
Are you feeling less than certain about the path forward in your career? Are you wondering if you really have what it takes to reach your goals? Are you wondering what your goals should be? Then perhaps it’s time you found a mentor.
Maybe you