The Sage Handbook of Mentoring Hardback - 2017

David A. Clutterbuck is visiting professor at three UK universities and co-founder of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, for which he is now special ambassador. Author, co-author or editor of 65 books, he leads a global community of trainer-consultants in mentoring and in team coaching, Coaching and Mentoring International. His book Coaching the Team at Work (2007) was the first to offer an evidenced-based exploration of the subject and he continues an active programme of research into both theory and good practice in this area.

Frances K. Kochan is a Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor, Emerita, at Auburn University, Al. She is series editor for Perspectives in Mentoring published by Information Age Press. She has written, edited or co-edited over 75 publications on the topic. Her research focuses on establishing and assessing mentoring relationships and programs, and on the cultural aspects that must be considered in the mentoring process. She served on the Board of the International Mentoring Association and as secretary and as chair of the Mentoring and Mentorship Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association.

Laura Lunsford is the Director of the Swain Center in the Cameron School of Business at UNC Wilmington. Previously, she was a tenured associate professor in psychology at the University of Arizona. Her scholarly interests focus on mentoring and leadership. She authored the Handbook for Managing Mentoring Programs and has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, case studies and chapters on toxic leadership, leadership development, mentorship dysfunction, and optimizing mentoring relationships. Her work has appeared in journals such as Mentoring & Tutoring, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, and To Improve the Academy. She has presented at conferences sponsored by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, American Educational Research Association, among others. The Department of Education, National Science Foundation, and the LUCE Foundation has funded her work. She was honoured with the 2009 International Mentoring Association's Dissertation Award.

Nora Dominguez is Director of the Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico (UNM), a professional consultant for the Office of Diversity at the Health Science Center at UNM (HSC-UNM), and President of the International Mentoring Association (IMA). Domnguez earned her bachelor degree in Accounting from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), her MBA from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) and her PhD in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies from the University of New Mexico (UNM). Nora has more than 25 years of experience developing and implementing financial and organizational learning strategies, holding educational and management positions in banking and higher education institutions, and providing consulting and program evaluation services both in the United States and Mexico. She is member of several boards, including the International Standards for Mentoring Programmes in Employment (UK) and the Diversity Leadership Council (NM). Domnguez is also member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal for Mentoring and Coaching (Emerald, UK) and the Student Learning through Mentored Scholarship Journal (Sage, US); co-author of the book Mentoring: Perspectivas Tericas y Prcticas (2010), and Editor of nine Mentoring Institute′s Annual Conference Proceedings.

Julie Haddock-Millar is an experienced Academic, Researcher, Consultant, Mentor and Coach. She has held senior leadership and management roles with the John Lewis Partnership, Tesco Plc. She is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Middlesex University, UK; Visiting Professor at the International University of Monaco; EMCC Group Lead, International Standards for Mentoring and Coaching Programmes. In 2015, Julie was awarded an outstanding research award by Institute for Business and Finance Research at their global conference for her work in the field of mentoring and professional development.