Above all else, our Information Age is an Education Age. This book provides the tools to help learning happen through supportive, interdependent, and collaborative mentoring relationships.
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Fritts' new mentor focuses on enabling teams of individuals to work across the organization for optimal results, as opposed to establishing an individual mentor/"mentee" relationship. Fritts' approach also requires the new type of mentor to focus on strategy rather than accomplishment of assignments to emphasize the facilitation of learning and employee motivation rather than managerial control. -- HR Magazine, February 1999
This is an excellent practical guide to becoming a learning leader, a term the author uses interchangeably with managerial mentor. Refreshingly, the book doesn't focus on technology at all. The author's premise is that, in these times of breakneck change, learning leaders can drive a company's transformation into a learning organization. The focus of the book is on the people and skills necessary to bring that about. -- Training & Development, December 1998
This is an excellent practical guide to becoming a learning leader, a term the author uses interchangeably with managerial mentor. Refreshingly, the book doesn't focus on technology at all. The author's premise is that, in these times of breakneck change, learning leaders can drive a company's transformation into a learning organization. The focus of the book is on the people and skills necessary to bring that about. -- Training & Development, December 1998
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Main selection of the Doubleday Executive Program book club. Also a finalist of ForeWord Magazine Business Book of the Year 1998.
"Fritts has captured the essence of the changes traditional managers must make to become true coaches and learning leaders. In The New Managerial Mentor she has produced a non-nonsense prescription based on the realities of organization life. It sets a pathway for managers to diagnose and evaluate their progress."--Philips H. Sargent, Vice President, The Dunlap Corporation
"The New Managerial Mentor provides an innovative, practical approach for hierarchical organizations to transition to learning organizations by developing managers who are active, performance-focused, results-driven leaders of change. Fritts offers practical strategies and useful tools for companies navigating today's ever-changing business environment."--Deborah Poore, Vice President of Human Resources and Administration, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine
"The New Managerial Mentor should be on the must-read list of every learning manager. Fritts has skillfully articulated an approach to help managers define their leadership role competencies and, through the use of practical tools, enhance their growth. This is a timely, insightful, well-researched book."--James D. Paisley, Ph.D., and Mark Leathers, principals, Leathers & Associates
"I really liked it! Fritts's description of the skill/mind-sets for learning leaders is especially relevant for today's health care environment. I especially liked the inventories and checklists useful for self-analysis and possible training. A good read that brings together much of the current thinking in this area."--Jonathan R. Sheff, MSW/MPH, President of Resource Management Consultants
"The managerial competencies set forth and the emphasis on co-learning throughout the organization are essential to a company's success over the next decade. The mentoring model not only highlights the changes required of managers; it provides a way for workers at all levels to get the right things done and achieve the personal satisfaction of helping to move the organization ahead."--Jo Ann Peeples, Manager, Labor Relations and Training, Saco Defense, Inc.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Improving your Learning Leadership skills,
By G. Hebb (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The New Managerial Mentor: Becoming a Learning Leader to Build Communities of Purpose (Hardcover)
The New Managerial Mentor Becoming a Learning Leader to Build Communities of PurposeThis book is an excellent resource for helping to assess and to give you ideas on how to build your skills to become a better learning leader. Fritts creates a "learning moment" by having you take inventory your Learning Leader Role Preference and assess for yourself what areas are strengths and which need more development. I also liked the way it was clearly laid out. Each role was clearly defined, followed by focus of that role and the competencies needed. In addition to defining each competency, Fritts gives you an example of it in practice. Then you have an opportunity to assess your level in this competency with an exercise. The exercise was followed by ideas and/or suggestion of how to develop a plan to improve your level of learning in that competency. The way this book is laid out makes it a very practical read and a good learning resource. As Fritts says on page 158 "To increase productivity in a knowledge economy, managers need to focus more on people than on technology". Fritts puts the mentor role in a new light, one of needing to fully develop a diverse set of roles, collaborator, innovator, producer, and integrator. Traditionally mentoring described a relationship of an "older individual imparting their wisdom to younger associates" (pg. 169). However, as Fritts states, "the new model calls for people at all levels to create reciprocal learning relationships and develop the technical and interpersonal competencies needed to thrive in the new economy", working in any business today requires us to be able to learn on the fly and be flexible, while meeting the marketplace needs. I think that Fritts hits the nail on the head with this book. I enjoyed this book so much that I have purchased copies for my team and we are planning to use these concepts at our next offsite to see how we can continue to build our skills as learning leaders.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent learning vehicle for business/nonprofit managers,
By A Customer
This review is from: The New Managerial Mentor: Becoming a Learning Leader to Build Communities of Purpose (Hardcover)
I found this to be an extremely helpful book. The author provides an innovative mentoring model for managers and professionals in all types of organizations. Most importantly, she includes practical tools for individual and organizational development. I highly recommend this book!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This is a practical and easy to use guide.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The New Managerial Mentor: Becoming a Learning Leader to Build Communities of Purpose (Hardcover)
The exercises in the chapters focus on the practicality of this book. Dr. Fritts presents the information in an easy to follow and and easy to use form. Since the scenarios depict the workforce of today, a manager can see herself or himself in various situations then use the exercises to assist in thinking through the problematic areas. Helps one to determine areas of strength in the managerial arena. The lessons of the book cross all types of business situations. The book is relevant to all managers regarless of their experience level.
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