Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 01 Introduction to mentoring -- Why is mentoring needed today? -- What is mentoring? -- Reflective actions -- 02 Mentoring in organizations -- Is your organization ready for a mentoring process? -- How adults learn -- Reflective actions -- 03 Finding the right people -- Identifying mentors -- Finding the mentors -- Reflective actions -- Finding the right mentees -- Reflective action for sourcing mentees -- 04 The nuts and bolts of a mentoring scheme -- How the scheme will work -- Administering the scheme -- EMCC code of conduct -- Direction and objectives -- A learning process through reflection -- Reflective learning -- The third person in the mentoring relationship -- The matching process -- Getting a clear agreement -- Pitfalls -- Example of an agreement -- Reflective actions -- 05 The role of mentoring in diversity and culture -- Diversity -- Gender -- Reflective actions -- 06 Evaluating mentoring -- The terminology -- The evaluation plan -- Why evaluate? -- The logic model -- Reflective and action notes -- 07 The wisdom of mentoring -- Understanding wisdom -- Can we all be wise? -- Believing in your wisdom -- Why change is so difficult -- Addressing the gap -- Reflective action -- 08 Mentoring for small and medium enterprises -- Finding your mentor -- Words of wisdom -- Reflective action -- 09 Mentoring for leadership -- The challenge -- Enabling effective mentoring for leadership development -- Unlearning implicit leadership theories -- Attachment security and leadership mentoring -- Mentoring and leadership self-efficacy -- Reflective action -- 10 Conclusion -- The big picture -- Reflective action -- References -- Appendix: Learning styles -- Learning styles questionnaire -- Scoring -- Learning descriptions -- Index.