Hilarie Owen has been a successful director, author, strategist, founder and Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership. She was Head of Leadership Services for the Police Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after a successful corporate career and has worked for a variety of global companies in the United States, Europe, Middle East and South Africa. She has lectured at Cranfield, Manchester Business School and Madrid University and was invited to speak at Harvard Kennedy School of Government in a debate on how people learn leadership.

"Hilarie Owen has produced a well researched and highly practical guide to one of the most pressing topics of the day. Both large corporations and ambitious SME companies will find this guide an invaluable tool to accessing the cost effective solution mentoring gives to the issue of identifying and unlocking the potential talent that exists within their organisations in the face of increasingly tight internal resources."

• Chapter - 01: Introduction to mentoring;Chapter - 02: Mentoring in organizations;Chapter - 03: Finding the right people;Chapter - 04: The nuts and bolts of a mentoring scheme;Chapter - 05: The role of mentoring in diversity and culture;Chapter - 06: Evaluating mentoring;Chapter - 07: The wisdom of mentoring;Chapter - 08: Mentoring for small and medium enterprises;Chapter - 09: Mentoring for leadership;Chapter - 10: Conclusion

Hilarie Owen has been a successful director, author, strategist, founder and Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership. She was Head of Leadership Services for the Police Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after a successful corporate career and has worked for a variety of global companies in the United States, Europe, Middle East and South Africa. She has lectured at Cranfield, Manchester Business School and Madrid University and was invited to speak at Harvard Kennedy School of Government in a debate on how people learn leadership.

"Hilarie Owen has produced a well researched and highly practical guide to one of the most pressing topics of the day. Both large corporations and ambitious SME companies will find this guide an invaluable tool to accessing the cost effective solution mentoring gives to the issue of identifying and unlocking the potential talent that exists within their organisations in the face of increasingly tight internal resources."

• Chapter - 01: Introduction to mentoring;Chapter - 02: Mentoring in organizations;Chapter - 03: Finding the right people;Chapter - 04: The nuts and bolts of a mentoring scheme;Chapter - 05: The role of mentoring in diversity and culture;Chapter - 06: Evaluating mentoring;Chapter - 07: The wisdom of mentoring;Chapter - 08: Mentoring for small and medium enterprises;Chapter - 09: Mentoring for leadership;Chapter - 10: Conclusion