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Strategic Relationships at Work: Creating Your Circle of Mentors, Sponsors, and Peers for Success in Business and Life Hardcover – June 27, 2014

by Wendy Murphy (Author), Kathy Kram (Author)
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The business leader's guide to becoming a workplace mentor

Business leaders need mentors, too. In fact, the most successful CEOs seek mentors from various points of their lives―-bosses, colleagues, spouses, friends, and even people who work for them.

Strategic Relationships at Work explains why mentoring works, why leaders need multiple mentors, and how to identify potential mentors and proactively develop mutually beneficial relationships with them. It provides actionable advice that applies across the many stages of a career.

Wendy M. Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College. She also serves as the Coordinator for the Mentoring Programs through the Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL).
Kathy E. Kram is the Shipley Professor in Management at the Boston University School of Management.

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Wendy C. M. Murphy, PhD, is Associate Professor of Management at Babson College. She also serves as the Coordinator for the Mentoring Programs through the Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL). Her research appears in a variety of journals.

Kathy E. Kram, PhD, is the Richard C. Shipley Professor in Management at the Boston University School of Management. She is also the author of the book Mentoring at Work and the coeditor of The Handbook of Mentoring at Work, and she has published in a wide range of journals.

About the Author

Wendy C. M. Murphy, PhD, is Associate Professor of Management at Babson College. She also serves as the Coordinator for the Mentoring Programs through the Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL). Her research appears in a variety of journals.

Kathy E. Kram, PhD, is the Richard C. Shipley Professor in Management at the Boston University School of Management. She is also the author of the book Mentoring at Work and the coeditor of The Handbook of Mentoring at Work, and she has published in a wide range of journals.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (June 27, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071823476
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071823470
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
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    Kathy E. Kram is the R. C. Shipley Professor in Management at the Boston University School of Management. Her primary interests are in the areas of adult development, relational learning, mentoring, diversity issues in executive development, leadership, and organizational change processes.

    She is currently exploring the nature of peer coaching, mentoring circles, and developmental networks as part of her ongoing program of research on relational learning, and leadership development. She is a founding member of the Center for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations (CREIO). During 2000-2001, she served as a visiting scholar at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) during which time she worked on a study of executive coaching and its role in developing emotional competence in leaders. She served as a member of the Center’s Board of Governors from 2002-2009.

    Her new book, STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK with Prof. Wendy Murphy (Babson College) consolidates over 30 years of research on mentoring in to practical guidelines for building a strong circle of mentors, sponsors and peers who can support development at every career stage.

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    Wendy Marcinkus Murphy is an Associate Professor of Management at Babson College. Her research interests are at the intersection of careers, mentoring, leadership and the work-life interface. She teaches courses in organizational behavior, managing talent, and leadership. Murphy also serves as the Faculty Advisor for the Mentoring Programs through the Center for Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL). She has been recognized by Poets & Quants as one of the "40 Most Outstanding B-school Profs Under 40 in the World."

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5.0 out of 5 stars ... wide range of sources and connections- vital to a great career! This is the BEST BOOK on how ...
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This book is about how to build a network that includes a wide range of sources and connections- vital to a great career! This is the BEST BOOK on how to build a network. There are terrific exercises in the book that show exactly how to build a network of relationships that contribute to careers. LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Recommending to all of my friends and colleagues!!
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Started listening to this on Audible on a long drive for work. Quickly realized it be a great resource and ordered it in print as soon as I got home. Picked it up recently and started reading when I realized that my copy begins on page 97! Almost 100 pages missing. Rating 3 stars for defective copy. Not reflective of excellent content I’ve heard on the audio version thus far.
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Started listening to this on Audible on a long drive for work. Quickly realized it be a great resource and ordered it in print as soon as I got home. Picked it up recently and started reading when I realized that my copy begins on page 97! Almost 100 pages missing. Rating 3 stars for defective copy. Not reflective of excellent content I’ve heard on the audio version thus far.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The real story on developmental relationships and how to make them work for you
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2014
We live in a world of more frequent job search intervals, as well as information overload as the pace of change and global connectedness increase. This book provides all you need to help you develop an evolving set of relationships that can keep you afloat in this sea of change and guide you in achieving a truly fulfilling career.

I did some basic qualitative research on how relationships affect careers under Kathy Kram's guidance in the 1980's in B.U.'s MBA program. I was honored to review and comment on several draft chapters in exchange for a free copy. Certainly the field has come a long way since that time.

With over 30 years of research on their topic, experts Wendy Murphy and Kathy Kram share their wisdom that stands out in depth and range from other books on similar topics. In a warm conversational tone, they provide insight, as well as practical strategies. The early chapters offer guidance on self-assessment, and how to review your existing relationship map for gaps. They present practical tools to master advanced relational skills and to use them to cultivate various types of growth-enhancing relationships. Examples of formal mentoring programs with various structures are presented along with their benefits and limitations.

The authors do not leave out discussion of difficult relationships and how to gracefully move relationships to a less active status as needs change.
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Anne H. Litwin
5.0 out of 5 stars I will recommend this to my coaching clients
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This is an important book about why we all need developmental support networks for both career success and personal well-being -- and HOW to develop these networks! It is a practical and easy-to-read book based on research with lots of case examples and tips. Reflection activities at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to apply the concepts immediately to her own life. I will recommend this to my coaching clients.
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Fantastic resource.
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2.0 out of 5 stars People are resources to be exploited?
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2021
I spent several years working sales and it was clear through sales training that people were to be viewed as dollar signs. In Dale Carnegie training, it was how to convince people you were their friend so that you could take advantage of them for your (and possibly their) benefit when moving up the corporate ladder. Now it's a strategic approach to categorizing people so that you know what benefit they can provide by category. I find something morally and ethically wrong with all of this. People are more than resources for others to exploit for their personal benefit.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente para mestrandos e pesquisadores
Reviewed in Brazil on September 10, 2016
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Indicação da Profa. Dra. Sônia Calado Dias. Recomendo para todos que vão pesquisar liderança e mentoria e suas relações no trabalho.
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