Mentoring Scientists and Engineers: The Essential Skills, Principles and Processes

ISBN-13: 9780367724009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 156 str.

John Arthurs

Opis

This book is written for those practitioners in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the STEM fields, who have been pitched into the role of mentor without any prior training. Its objective is to alleviate anxiety, frustration and stress caused by not knowing exactly what is expected.

Spis treści

Introduction, What is a mentor?, Essential mentoring skills, Mentoring principles and process, Mentoring in practice, Mentor training and organisational mentoring schemes.

O autorze

John Arthurs, as a Chartered Geologist, specialises in mentoring, executive coaching and training to support vocational professionals, mainly geoscientists working internationally in the mining, engineering and environmental industries. In a career spanning 53 years John has travelled widely, often living in remote places and meeting people of many different cultures. He has worked with mining prospecting and engineering companies, third level education and government geological surveys. Until official retirement in 2002, John was Director of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, the government’s chief advisor on earth science policy. Since then he has been consulting in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Guyana, Romania, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia.