I attended the “Workplace Mentoring” panel this last afternoon
of the
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. On the panel
were representatives from HP, Clarke University, Intel, MentorNet, and
Google. Mostly, they told war stories and gave best
practices advice. Resources recommended were:
http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw, CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing research (CRA-W), look for mentoring workshop information- In Action: Creating Mentoring and Coaching Programs
by Linda Stromei, 2001 (ISBN-10: 1562862847 and
ISBN-13: 978-1562862848)
http://www.ncwit.org/practices.box.mentoring.html
“Mentoring-in-a-Box: Technical Women at Work”- Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton, 2001 (ISBN-10: 0743201140 and ISBN-13: 978-0743201148
- http://research.sun.com/SEED/
Engineering Mentoring: SEED Sun Engineering Enrichment & Development
program, data and flowcharts
There were a variety of experiences and programs described at many
levels of maturity and success. Other program representatives were
identified in the audience. Some of the topics discussed in detail
were the difference between mentoring and patronage, the three-way
complex relationship between mentors, mentees, and the mentee’s
manager, cultural influences and differing expectations of mentoring,
and how “mentoring” was translated.
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