Tapping the wisdom that surrounds you : mentorship and women / Elizabeth Ghaffari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghaffari, Elizabeth.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentoring.

Personal coaching.

Women--Counseling of.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 172 pages)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Are you seeking the perfect mentor or life adviser--an ideal guide, no matter what the challenge? This book provides a unique and new road map for a modern world, demonstrating that the wisdom we seek surrounds us at every turn"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Tapping the Wisdom That Surrounds You; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: At Home: Family Mentors; Reading at Nap Time; If You Want to Play with the Big Boys, You Have to Be Prepared; Keep Away; Emma; Vive La Différence! Vive La Diversité!; The Island; The Milk Carts; Teach Your Children Well; Look It Up!; Learning from Our Brothers; Babushka; When Something Collapses; TWO: At School: Educational and Childhood Mentors; Mrs. Packard; The Patch; Irma T. Jackson; Expectations; Another Odyssey; Checks and Balances; Mentoring Vision; Eyes on Fire

The "Nice Men" Who Take Care of Us How Change Happens; Women in Leadership Business Case Studies; THREE: At Play: Mentorship in Sports; The Game of Kickball; The Softball Throw; Good for the Heart; On Title IX; Billie Jean King; Joan Benoit Samuelson; The Game of Life; The Lemonade Stand; The Take Away; Gimme Ten!; FOUR: At Work: Mentors from Business to Careers; Quantitatively Different; Rose McNally; Tegucigalpa; Beresh-teh; End of One Career; Deferring Enjoyment; Julia Bloomfield; How We Do Business; Overcoming Fear; Accidental Mentorship; The Shepherd Boy; Talent Search

Whom Do You Admire?Indra Nooyi; Joline Godfrey; Jill Ker Conway; Evelyn Y. Davis; Girl Taxi; V. S. Shirley; Sheila Ronning; FIVE: In the Media: Mentorship Stories in Published Works or about the Media Itself; In the Company of Women; Diagnosis and Treatment; Necessary Dreams; Networking or Building Alliances?; Under-Earning; Assume the Position!; Ellen Welty; How Times Have Changed; Another Wise Woman; Women in Media-Hu Shuli; SIX: In Politics: Women Who Are Political Change Agents; Momentum; Women in U.S. Political Leadership; Women U.S. Cabinet Members; Emily Card; Patsy T. Mink

Brooksley Born Sandra Day O'Connor; What Does She Mean?; Is America Ready for a Female Leader?; SEVEN: In Memoriam: Mentors Who Are No Longer with Us and Their Lessons; A Little More from Ginger; Two Good Women; The Type E* Woman; "Just" 43 Years Ago; First Women Corporate Directors; EIGHT: Conclusion; The Lessons of Mentor; The Modern Mentor and Protégé Relationship; Notes; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798216022534

9798216152729

9781440832628

1440832625

OCLC:

893186665