Connecting with Success: How to Build a Mentoring Network to Fast-Forward Your Career [Paperback]

Kathleen E. Barton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 2001

Describes the benefits of having a mentor and building a network, and offers practical advice on how to approach a prospective mentor, how to establish and maintain mentoring and networking relationships, how to resolve difficulties, and how to get the most from the relationships.

Editorial Reviews

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The average person benefits from promoting himself and networking. For more advice, check out "Connecting With Success." -- Working Wounded, Bob Rosner, December 1, 2002

You'll argee this book is like a college course in the tools you need for getting ahead. -- Book Page, March 2002

From the Publisher

Important endorsements have come from Susan Willard, Leadership Development Manager, Hewlett-Packard; Jim Kouzes, coauthor of "The Leadership Challenge" and "Credibility" and chairman emeritus of Tom Peters Company; Ann Rhoads, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Beverly Kaye, author of "Love 'Em or Lose 'Em" and "Up Is Not the Only Way;" Linda Phillips-Jones, author of "The New Mentors and Proteges;" and Jim Robinson, coauthor of "Performance Consulting."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing (August 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891061622
• ISBN-13: 978-0891061625
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,088,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Must Have" Book On Mentoring, February 22, 2002

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Dick Bruso (Parker, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Connecting with Success: How to Build a Mentoring Network to Fast-Forward Your Career (Paperback)

If you can afford just one book on mentoring this is the one to
buy. Kathleen Barton shows her readers how to build a powerful
and lasting mentoring network to move their careers forward. I
particularly appreciate the practical aspects of "Connecting
With Success." For example, the section on Finding Mentors & Networking Contacts shows what to look for in a potential mentor, via a mentor assessment worksheet. In addition it
provides some suggested organizations one can get involved in to connect with potential mentors, clients, or employers. Other chapters provide similar helpful tools to greatly assist the reader in the networking process.

As a lifelong networker and mentor I enthusiastically support
the principles shared in this outstanding book. I highly
recommend "Connecting With Success" to anyone desiring to make mentoring and networking an integral part of their lives!