Strategic relationships at work : creating your circle of mentors, sponsors, and peers for success in business and life / Wendy Murphy, PhD, Kathy E. Kram, PhD.

By: Murphy, Wendy [editor]
Contributor(s): Kram, Kathy E, 1950-
Language: English Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]Copyright date: c2014Description: viii, 274 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780071823470 (hardback : alk. paper); 0071823476 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Success in business | Interpersonal relations | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / ManagementDDC classification: 650.1/3 LOC classification: HF5386 | .M8574 2014Other classification: BUS041000
Contents:
Introduction: what are strategic relationships? -- pt. 1. Creating connections with meaning and purpose -- 1. Why relationships matter -- 2. Map your developmental network -- 3. Analyze your development network -- 4. Taking an entrepreneurial approach to relationships -- pt. 2. Learning from mentors at work -- 5. Formal programs for professional development -- 6. Mentoring alternatives: sponsors, coaches, reverse mentors, and mentoring circles -- 7. Creating and sustaining a developmental culture -- 8. Making the most of relationships with peers -- pt. 3. Mentoring for you and your organization -- 9. Challenges and opportunities: diversity, technology, and change -- 10. Tor-mentors: when relationships are problematic -- 11. Everyone should build developmental networks -- Conclusion: strategic relationships at work and beyond.
Summary: The must-have guide to mentoring, for managers, for entry level personnel, for executives, for entrepreneurs, for everyone. With job mobility increasing, globalization expanding, and technology advancing, you need more than a steady job and a solid network to keep your career on track. You need mentors--to learn and to grow--whether you're just starting out, are firmly established, or at the top of your profession. Everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to teach.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243 -267) and index.

Introduction: what are strategic relationships? --
pt. 1. Creating connections with meaning and purpose --
1. Why relationships matter --
2. Map your developmental network --
3. Analyze your development network --
4. Taking an entrepreneurial approach to relationships --
pt. 2. Learning from mentors at work --
5. Formal programs for professional development --
6. Mentoring alternatives: sponsors, coaches, reverse mentors, and mentoring circles --
7. Creating and sustaining a developmental culture --
8. Making the most of relationships with peers --
pt. 3. Mentoring for you and your organization --
9. Challenges and opportunities: diversity, technology, and change --
10. Tor-mentors: when relationships are problematic --
11. Everyone should build developmental networks --
Conclusion: strategic relationships at work and beyond.

The must-have guide to mentoring, for managers, for entry level personnel, for executives, for entrepreneurs, for everyone. With job mobility increasing, globalization expanding, and technology advancing, you need more than a steady job and a solid network to keep your career on track. You need mentors--to learn and to grow--whether you're just starting out, are firmly established, or at the top of your profession. Everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to teach.

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