Creative Mentorship and Career-Building Strategies : How to Build your Virtual Personal Board of Directors PDF
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CREATIVE MENTORSHIP AND CAREER-BUILDING STRATEGIES Creative Mentorship and Career-Building Strategies HOW TO BUILD YOUR VIRTUAL PERSONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Mary Pender Greene 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greene, Mary Pender. Creative mentorship and career building strategies : how to build your virtual personal board of directors / Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP. pages cm ISBN 978–0–19–937344–4 1. Mentoring in business. 2. Career development. I. Title. HF5385.G74 2014 650.1′3—dc23 2014022084 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper This book is dedicated to my Virtual Personal Board of Directors. A heartfelt thank you for the vital roles that you have played, and continue to play, in my life and career. CONTENTS Foreword xvii Introduction xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Overview xxv How to Use This Book xxvii 1. Mentorship Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 1 How You Can Benefit From the Guidance of a Mentor 1 Mentorship: A Historical Perspective 2 The Benefits of Mentorship 3 Mentee Testimonial: How Mentorship Builds Confidence 4 Yolanda, 45, Clinical Social Worker 4 Worksheet: Are You Ready to Become a Mentor? 5 Worksheet: Are You Ready to Become a Mentee? 6 The Relationship Between Mentor and Protégé 7 Mentorship for Today and Tomorrow 7 Why a Personal Board of Directors for the 21st Century? 8 The Benefits of New Mentoring Models 9 Providing Access to Diverse Professional Wisdom 9 Maximizing Time 9 Encouraging Professional Consistency 9 Maintaining Relationships 10 Case Study: Expanding Your Mentoring Network With a Personal Board 10 Famous Mentoring Pairs: Historical Figures 12 Profiles in Mentorship: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle 13 Knowledge Nuggets 14 2. The Basics of the New Mentoring Model 15 A Mentoring Revolution 15 Types of Mentors 17 The Boss-Mentor 17 The eMentor 17 The Group Mentor 18 The Mentor-for-Hire 18 The Inspirational Mentor 19 The Family-Member Mentor 19 The Barrier-Busting Mentor 19 The Peer Mentor 19 The Situational Mentor 20 Mentoring Modalities 21 Dyadic (One-on-One) Mentoring 21 Reverse Mentoring 21 Invisible Mentoring 22 Ways to Work with Invisible Mentors 23 One-Minute Mentoring 23 Bookending 24 An Example of Bookending 24 Bookending With Twitter 24 Meeting-Before-the-Meeting 24 Quick Check 25 Sponsoring 26 Famous Mentoring Pairs: Entertainment I—Film and Television 27 Profiles in Mentorship: Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey 28 Knowledge Nuggets 29 viii • Contents 3. Introducing the Virtual Personal Board of Directors 30 What Makes the VPBOD Different? 31 The Offices of the VPBOD 32 The Composition of Your Personal Board 34 Advantages of the VPBOD System 35 Rolling With Your Personal Board 35 Subcommittees of Your Personal Board 36 The Rules of Engagement for Mentees 37 Famous Mentoring Pairs: Politics I 39 Profiles in Mentorship: Who Mentored President Bill Clinton? 40 Knowledge Nuggets 41 4. The Board in Focus 42 The Positions on the Board 42 Chief Executive Officer 44 Worksheet: People I Admire 45 Chairpersons of the Board 46 Worksheet: Possible Chairpersons for My Personal Board 47 Professional Gurus 48 Worksheet: Possible Professional Gurus for My Personal Board 50 The Board in Focus: Chairpersons vs. Professional Gurus 51 Chief Technical Officers 52 Worksheet: Possible Chief Technical Officers for My Personal Board 54 Chief Financial Officers 55 Worksheet: Possible Chief Financial Officers for My Personal Board 56 Chief Political Analysts 57 Worksheet: Possible Chief Political Analysts for My Personal Board 58 Chief Legal Advisors 59 Worksheet: Possible Chief Legal Advisors for My Personal Board 61 Ethics & Morals Officers 62 Contents • ix
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