Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable (Hardcover)

Foreword vii

Introduction ix

Part One: The Fable

The Week Before: Questions Before We Start 3

The First Meeting: Powering Up 11

The Second Meeting: Taking Care of Business 35

The Third Meeting: Let’s Get Real 55

The Fourth Meeting: Sorting It Out 77

The Fifth Meeting: Straight Talk 107

The Sixth Meeting: Holding Up a Mirror 127

Epilogue: Five Years Later 151

Cynthia’s and Rafa’s Advice for Mentors and Mentees 159

Part Two: The Mentoring Conversation Playbook

Moving the Conversation from Monologue to Dialogue 165

Strategies for Good Conversation 171

Six Essential Mentoring Conversations 179

Afterword: Starting Strong, Moving Forward 193

Suggested Reading 195

Acknowledgments 197

About the Authors 199

Index 201