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The Mentoring Manual

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Being a Better Mentor

Julie Starr

Pearson Education (USA), 2021
First Edition: 2014

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Mentoring and coaching expert Julie Starr calls her book a manual, and that’s exactly what you get: a guidebook chock-full of tables, charts, diagrams, exercises and steps. She also offers a slew of accompanying resources and tools on her website. Thorough and prescriptive, Starr leaves no prospective mentor with any doubt about what to do to build a good mentor–mentee relationship. Much of Starr’s advice might seem intuitive: listen carefully, build trust and don’t try to solve mentees’ problems for them, but it will surely get any new mentor off to a solid start.

Take-Aways

Mentors should guide mentees but shouldn’t take responsibility for their growth.
In practice, the mentor, coach and trainer roles sometimes blend, but they remain distinct.
For a strong mentor–mentee relationship, build equality, respect, accountability and collaboration.

About the Author

Julie Starr is a consultant specializing in coaching, mentoring and personal development.

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