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    Michael Shenkman

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Leader Mentoring: Find, Inspire, and Cultivate Great Leaders

by: Michael Shenkman

Mentoring differs from instruction, teaching, and coaching in that it emphasizes not talents and skills used in executing a project, but the qualities and values of life that are needed to sustain oneself in the creative endeavor. In Leader Mentoring, Shenkman makes the case for leader mentoring. No mentors, no leaders, he says. For any executive who wants to succeed, mentoring shows how to shape your life so that you can step into larger challenges and risks to accomplish something greater than you ever have before.

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Michael Shenkman
Dr. Michael Shenkman, President of the Arch of Leadership, a nationally-recognized leader mentoring firm based in Albuquerque New Mexico, is author of The Arch and The Path, the Life of Leading Greatly and two other books as well as numerous published articles. He developed the Arch of Leadership program after more than 20 years of consulting experience, extensive research, executive coaching and mentoring. He holds a Ph.D. from Boston College and a BA from Dickinson College.
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ISBN: 978-1601630124
Publisher: Career Press
Publish Date: 2008
Page Count: 256

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