Ryusei Nakano Nakano itibaren Minnetler, 10590 Minnetler/Savaştepe/Balıkesir, טורקיה
As a low-level book, this could help someone become a good mentor. But it fails to take the larger picture into account at all, never addressing the most salient criticisms of traditional mentoring or noting how to start/integrate a mentoring program into the larger scheme of professional development activities at an institution. E.g. in “choosing a protege,” the authors suggest selecting someone similar to yourself and with “obvious talent.” Thus those most in need of mentors—people who are socially isolated or not blatantly talented—never receive them. I also found the italicized situations to be incredibly cheesy. I stopped reading them because they were so tautological (here's my point, and here's something I made up that proves it!).