close
Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable Audiobook, by Lois J. Zachary Play Audiobook Sample

Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable Audiobook

Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable Audiobook, by Lois J. Zachary Play Audiobook Sample
FlexPass™ Price: $12.95
$9.95 for new members!
(Includes UNLIMITED podcast listening)
  • Love your audiobook or we'll exchange it
  • No credits to manage, just big savings
  • Unlimited podcast listening
Add to Cart
$9.95/m - cancel anytime - 
learn more
OR
Regular Price: $19.99 Add to Cart
Read By: Nan McNamara Publisher: Ascent Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: November 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781663705532

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

15

Longest Chapter Length:

59:46 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:07 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

24:36 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

Story is a very powerful way to exemplify concepts and show the dynamics and issues involved in relationships. In this mentoring fable, Zachary and Fischler tell the story of Cynthia, a seasoned marketing executive, and her new mentee Rafa, a young and ambitious financial analyst. Through these characters, Zachary and Fischler explore the nuances of an incipient mentoring relationship and its possibilities, problems, and pitfalls to bring their suggestions for best practices to life. The first 90 days of a mentoring relationship are relatively fragile; as both mentor and mentee proceed uncertainly, they may not know how to create the ingredients that are crucial to its success: building trust, finding their comfort zones (and having the courage to leave them), setting up productive regular meetings and conversations, dealing with power dynamics, setting goals, and keeping momentum going. While the fable offers tools and skills that can be applied to any mentoring relationship, Zachary and Fischler also provide a conversation playbook for new mentoring relationships, with guidance for establishing a mentoring relationship and keeping it strong.

Download and start listening now!

Starting Strong Listener Reviews

Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!

About the Authors

Lois Zachary is the founder of Leadership Development Services and its Center for Mentoring Excellence. Her book The Mentor’s Guide is a primary resource for organizations that promote mentoring for leadership and learning. She is also the author of The Mentee’s Guide, Creating a Mentoring Culture, and Starting Strong.

About Nan McNamara

Nan McNamara has performed on stage, television, film, and behind the microphone in voice-overs for over twenty years. Her passion is to tell good stories—no matter what the medium. Originally from St. Paul, Nan received a BA cum laude in theater.