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Mentoring Text Resource List

Submitted by gilly on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 05:07.

I'm often asked about which books to buy relating to mentoring.  To be honest - there's so many resources written about mentoring often it is about your own personal choice.  It's also about what you're looking for in relation to mentoring. Is it about how to run a mentoring program? Be a mentee? A mentor? Or for more philosophical commentary about this unique developmental relationship?

Here's a quick list of some of the texts that sit in my own personal mentoring library - hope you find them helpful.  Probably the most cost effective way to source them is through Amazon.

Useful Reading List

Three books by US author – Lois Zachary. These books are based around an adult learning centred approach to mentoring - which is a very nice space for mentoring to 'sit'.  I know and use these books myself – the titles are:

a.       The Mentee’s Guide
b.       The Mentor’s Guide
c.        Creating a Mentoring Culture
 
One book called The Elements of Mentoring – this is an alternative book on mentoring – more philosophical – but still a very good read.  Plus – another of the same type, Mentoring: The Tao of Giving and Receiving Wisdom by Al Chung-lian Huang. 
 
Two books by author Gordon Shea – has written some good practical material on mentoring. The book titles are:
 
a.       Making the Most of Being Mentored
b.       Mentoring – Make it a Mutually Rewarding Experience
 
One book by Harvard Business Review – Coaching and Mentoring: How to Develop Top Talent and Achieve Stronger Performance. This is from their Harvard Business Essentials – a good practical book.
 
Two research based resources:
 
a.       The Handbook of Mentoring at Work: Theory, Research and Practice
b.       The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring: A Multiple Perspectives Approach
 
One by Kathy Kram – a great mentoring expert also from the US:
 
a.       Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organisational Life
 
Finally, a selection of books by renowned UK author, Professor David Clutterbuck, including:
 
a.       Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring
b.       The Complete Handbook of Coaching
c.       Coaching the Team at Work
d.       Mentoring Executives and Directors
e.       Mentoring and Diversity
f.        The Situational Mentor
g.       Virtual Coach Virtual Mentor
h.       Everyone Needs a Mentor: Fostering Talent in your Organisation
 
Hope you find the list helpful.  Do drop me a line if you have some other resources to share and we'll add it to the list.
 
Regards in Mentoring!
 
Gilly Johnson
Director & Founder