Springer Mentoring from a Positive Psychology Perspective: Learning for Mentors and Mentees

This book examines the concept and practice of mentoring, as well as the wider scope and diversity of the mentoring that people can experience in their own life time. With each chapter dedicated to a specific level of mentoring, the book makes clear the impact and value of mentoring not only for the participants themselves but also on the situations in which mentoring occurs and the reverberations, positive and negative, on others outside this relationship. It shows the importance of relationships for people, individually and collectively and clarifies how relationships form the DNA for an inspiring, creative and professional life for the person and the community in which they engage. The book is about how support and skills can be transferred through mentoring to rebuild resilience through positive relationships and community; reconstructing them as we go. Review “Readers from multiple disciplines will benefit from reading the present book … . This is a great book to stimulate thinking and spur novel research ideas for empirical testing and evaluation. … book is one that seasoned dissertation mentors will relish for new ideas and one that department chairs may wish to gently nudge novice or ineffective thesis advisors to read. … Brewer has much to offer researchers and practitioners, mentors and mentees, and all those involved in mentoring relationships.” (Grant J. Rich, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (2), January, 2017) From the Back Cover This book examines the concept and practice of mentoring, as well as the wider scope and diversity of the mentoring that people can experience in their own life time. With each chapter dedicated to a specific level of mentoring, the book makes clear the impact and value of mentoring not only for the participants themselves but also on the situations in which mentoring occurs and the reverberations, positive and negative, on others outside this relationship. It shows the importance of relationships for people, individually and collectively and clarifies how relationships form the DNA for an inspiring, creative and professional life for the person and the community in which they engage. The book is about how support and skills can be transferred through mentoring to rebuild resilience through positive relationships and community; reconstructing them as we go. About the Author Professor Ann Brewer PhD (Organisational Behaviour), Master of Commerce (Honours), Bachelor of Arts (Behavioural Sciences), FAICD, Australian Institute of Company Directors is the Dean of the Sydney Campus, the University of Newcastle and an Emeritus Professor, the University of Sydney. She has held several senior posts in universities, as well as being an experienced board member, an organisational consultant, an accredited executive coach and a professional mentor. She has published in leading international journals in her field and authored seven books including Leadership, Coaching and Followership (Springer 2014) as well as organisational change, employee commitment and management.