...Nuria Gisbert-Trejo; Pilar Fernández-Ferrín; Eneka Albizu; Jon Landeta Purpose This paper aims to identify, assess and classify the most significant mentee outcomes of formal mentoring processes aimed at managerial development. Design/methodology/approach After conducting an extensive...

...Nick Dukakis; Angeliki Chasioti; Efthymios Valkanos; Miltiadis Staboulis; Iosif Fragkoulis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of Greek Life-Long Learning Centers (LLLCs) trainers, who worked as educational managers and took on informal mentoring roles in the context...

... reviews leadership in general before performing an integrated literature review of leadership as it has been studied in the IT context. Then the paper presents three propositions regarding effective IT leadership development. Findings IT leadership development should involve formal mentoring, robust...

...Irene Mains; Samantha MacLean Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the operating factors influencing a cross-organisational mentoring initiative created to support leadership development. The research provides insight on participants’ views and mentoring practices around planning...

... this ten-year period: content progression, tutor development and mentor investment. Design/methodology/approach Every year since the Leadership Academy programme began in 2005, feedback has been sought from the candidates through written evaluations to identify improvements to the programme...

...: women and mentoring in management and business ”, Employee Counselling Today , Vol. 6 No. 1 , pp. 21 - 8 . Arditi, D. and Balci, G. (2009), “ Managerial competencies of female and male construction managers...

...Jordana Ramalho Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer practical tips and guidance to organisations considering setting up a workplace mentoring programme. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shares insights and practical tips based on the experience of St Mungo's Homelessness...

...Judy Corner Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to posit formal mentoring as cost-effective strategy for both developing leaders within an organization, as well as increasing organizational competitive ability in today's economy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

...Kirsten M. Poulsen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give an introduction to the definition and learning process of mentoring, a structured overview of the value of mentoring for mentees, mentors, organisations and society, as well as present the key element for designing...

... development of a coach as manager strategy, as well as the development of a coaching and mentoring network. Originality/value The paper describes the value of coaching within organisations. Coral Ingleton can be contacted at: coral.ingleton@kent.gov.uk © Emerald Group Publishing...

... in the future. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Quotas Mentoring Gender Diversity Equality Glass ceilings Women Boards This article aims to chart the progress as well as the setbacks that have occurred since an article on this subject early in 2012. It contends...

...Colin Coulson‐Thomas Purpose Mentoring larger numbers of people can be a challenge. This paper seeks to show how performance support can overcome scalability barriers and cost‐effectively provide best practice and up to date help to people throughout an organization, and internationally...

...Randy Emelo Purpose This paper seeks to describe best practices for designing and implementing mentoring groups. Design/methodology/approach Researchers used a 12‐question survey and personal interviews to assess the relevancy and success of group mentoring. Best practices...

...Randy Emelo Purpose This paper aims to evaluate group mentoring as a large‐scale form of collaborative learning. Design/methodology/approach Researchers used a 12‐question survey and personal interviews to assess the relevancy and success of group mentoring, and its impact...

...Beth N. Carvin Purpose This paper seeks to examine the methodologies for developing a group mentoring component as an add‐on to an existing or new corporate mentoring program. Design/methodology/approach The paper defines group mentoring and explains the differences between group...

...Randy Emelo Purpose This paper aims to examine e‐mentoring's impact on productivity and introduce readers to social learning. Design/methodology/approach Researchers used a ten‐question survey to determine e‐mentoring's impact on personal productivity/effectiveness...

...Randy Emelo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight a success story of an organization using web‐based mentoring and to provide details on how they did it. Design/methodology/approach This case study of CDW Corporation examines why and how an organization would implement...

... reviewed by Kooij et al. (2008) . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Older workers Employee development Prejudice Motivation (psychology) Mentoring Organizational culture 1. Assiduously collect data on your age profile. 2. Encourage managers to build...

... studies Mentoring David Megginson can be contacted at: d.f.megginson@shu.ac.uk We have based our coaching culture diagnostic on two principles. The first is that it should reflect the issues identified in our research; the second that, given that the achievement of a coaching culture...

...Kirsten M. Poulsen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the challenges posed by designing and implementing mentoring programs when program coordinators, managers and participants may hold different assumptions about what mentoring is and what career development is. It aims to create...