| Acknowledgments | p. v |
| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction: What This Book is All About | p. ix |
| From caterpillar to butterfly | p. ix |
| Who should read this book | p. xii |
| What is the book's subject? | p. xii |
| Three developmental roles in business | p. xiv |
| The book's themes | p. xv |
| Figuring out what you want | p. xv |
| Deciding what to do | p. xvi |
| Making sure it happens | p. xvi |
| The day after | p. xvi |
| How this book is organized | p. xvii |
| Starting from the Beginning | p. 1 |
| Mentoring--some background | p. 1 |
| The Lessons of Athene | p. 2 |
| The mentoring attitude | p. 4 |
| The history of coaching | p. 5 |
| What can the sport coach teach us? | p. 8 |
| Organizing the Mentoring and Coaching Processes | p. 11 |
| The contract/agreement | p. 11 |
| Integrating coaching in the HR strategy | p. 14 |
| Seven steps to ensure an effective mentoring relationship | p. 15 |
| Choosing a protege | p. 16 |
| Connecting | p. 18 |
| Outlining the relationship | p. 19 |
| Getting to the bottom of it | p. 19 |
| Concrete actions | p. 20 |
| Following up | p. 21 |
| Get out of the way | p. 22 |
| Career acceleration | p. 23 |
| Checklist: recognizing a high-potential employee | p. 23 |
| Pitfalls of acceleration and their solutions | p. 26 |
| Image of favoritism | p. 26 |
| Time to prove | p. 27 |
| Setting up a formal mentorship program in your organization | p. 28 |
| Making the case for mentoring | p. 30 |
| The push and the pull of mentoring and coaching | p. 32 |
| Taking Stock and Moving Ahead | p. 37 |
| Behavioral observation: what you are already good at? | p. 37 |
| Self-assessment | p. 37 |
| Calculating your score | p. 38 |
| Interpretation of your score | p. 40 |
| Expectations and how to manage them | p. 42 |
| Confidence to act as if | p. 50 |
| The presuppositions you want to have | p. 51 |
| Developing compelling intentions: the itinerary of change | p. 58 |
| Short-Term Mentoring Skills | p. 65 |
| Listening and reflecting skills: how to make the most of what your protege tells you | p. 65 |
| Communication skills: dos and don'ts of feedback in the mentoring relationship | p. 67 |
| Building rapport | p. 68 |
| Timing | p. 68 |
| Form | p. 69 |
| Flexibility of behavior | p. 69 |
| DESC feedback format | p. 70 |
| Self-evaluation | p. 73 |
| The "Johari Window" | p. 73 |
| Process: unstructured 360-degree feedback | p. 75 |
| Perceptual positions | p. 76 |
| From feedback to action | p. 80 |
| Exploratory skills: asking the right questions | p. 82 |
| Three rules for asking questions | p. 82 |
| Dealing with emotions | p. 85 |
| Systemic thinking | p. 89 |
| Static and mechanical versus process and organic | p. 91 |
| Structuring an issue | p. 92 |
| SCORE! | p. 92 |
| Discovering patterns | p. 94 |
| People skills: generating enthusiasm and energy | p. 97 |
| Creating challenges | p. 98 |
| Adjusting the communication style | p. 100 |
| Metaphorical communication | p. 102 |
| Integrating your short-term skills: a coaching procedure | p. 104 |
| The coaching form | p. 108 |
| Long-Term Mentoring Skills | p. 111 |
| A primer on values, work attitude, and motivation | p. 111 |
| Meta-programs | p. 114 |
| Values and culture | p. 125 |
| The integrity moment | p. 128 |
| Beliefs | p. 131 |
| Thought viruses | p. 134 |
| Along the career track | p. 136 |
| The past | p. 136 |
| The present | p. 138 |
| The future | p. 139 |
| Aligning the protege's mission | p. 143 |
| Linkages between behavior and company strategies | p. 148 |
| The spiritual level | p. 150 |
| The changing workplace | p. 151 |
| The balancing act | p. 155 |
| Balance in time | p. 155 |
| Balance across time | p. 159 |
| Dealing with our shadow side | p. 163 |
| Flow states | p. 164 |
| Rebalancing | p. 165 |
| Integration: Mentoring, a way of life? | p. 169 |
| Conclusion: Well-Groomed Butterflies | p. 171 |
| Mentoring and Coaching Treasure Chest | p. 173 |
| Modeling project | p. 173 |
| Conclusions | p. 178 |
| Competence Versus Challenge | p. 179 |
| How many options do you have? | p. 179 |
| What can you do to increase your slice of the jobs pie? | p. 180 |
| Framing skills: setting the scene | p. 188 |
| Framing the encounter | p. 189 |
| Preframing | p. 190 |
| Some operational frames | p. 192 |
| The meta-SWOT analysis | p. 195 |
| The meta-octant consequence-evaluation system | p. 203 |
| The Coach and the Fly | p. 209 |
| The counsels of Athene | p. 211 |
| Annotated Bibliography | p. 217 |
| Additional skills | p. 217 |
| Business books | p. 218 |
| Self-help books | p. 219 |
| jobEQ.com | p. 219 |
| Bibliography | p. 221 |
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