PublishedMcgraw Hill Education, July 2014 |
ISBN9780071823470 |
FormatHardcover, 288 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 16.3cm × 2.8cm |
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Based on in-depth academic research, the manager's guide to finding, developing, and becoming a workplace mentor, while developing a network that benefits everyone.
Business leaders need mentors, too. In fact, the most successful CEOs seek mentors from various points of their lives from bosses, colleagues, spouses, friends, and even people who work for them.
Strategic Relationships at Work explains why mentoring works, why leaders need multiple mentors, and how to identify potential mentors and proactively develop mutually beneficial relationships with them. It provides actionable advice that applies across the many stages of a career.
Experts on mentoring in the workplace, Drs. Wendy Murphy and Kathy Kram draw on their extensive research into the practice to teach readers how to become 'entrepreneurial proteges'
The authors are consultants to major companies, including IBM, General Electric, PepsiCo, Cleveland Clinic, ASTD, and Exxon
Dr. Kram is the Shipley Professor of Management at the Boston University School of Management and will promote the book to the university's global network of 45,000 people
As a former board member of Boston University's School of Management Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Kram has a strong relationship with CCL, which has been ranked in the top 10 by the Financial Times for 11 consecutive years as a leading provider of leadership education
Dr. Murphy is an Associate Professor of Management at Babson College and will promote the book through Babson Executive Education, ranked #3 in the U.S. and #7 in the world by the Financial Times
The authors have close ties with the Academy of Management and will promote the book to its 18,000 members
