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Author David Stoddard has discovered that in mentoring, giving often involves receiving, and receiving involves giving. By sharing your life with others, you will help them develop their values and priorities--not with rigid formula or agenda, but in the natural course of a meaningful relationship. In this book, you will see that sharing your life with others is the most rewarding gift you can give and the most satisfying gift you can receive.
How are you investing your life? Spend your time and energy to truly make a difference. Mentoring is a relational process that involves life-to-life exchanges to help others discover and pursue their passions. This book provides effective mentors with the basics.
David A. Stoddard built a successful career in sales and marketing in the health care industry before venturing into nonprofit work. In 2000, he founded Leaders Legacy, Inc., to fill the need for true leadership in the marketplace. David and his family live in Atlanta, Georgia.
Robert J. Tamasy is the coauthor of nine books and a vice president for Leaders Legacy, Inc. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
“In this uptight world, we meet them everyday, people searching for direction and meaning. The Heart of Mentoring presents a proven, Bible-based plan for providing to these searchers continuing sustenance for mind, body, spirit, and emotion - honest, persevering, loving, one-on-one mentoring. Describing, encouraging, explaining, impassioning, this book is written for both the person wanting to give of himself in mentoring, and the person looking for a mentor. Prefaced by instructive introductory matter, this book is divided into ten chapters, each one dealing with one of the ten proven principles. These principles range from giving of self to understanding partners, from perseverance to modeling character, from comforting to encouraging partner growth. Each chapter discusses the stated principle using actual instances, insights from the Bible, business, and the author, and concludes with thoughts, and suggestions for implementation, and questions for personal study or group dialogue. Closing material includes a list of the ten proven principles, and Notes, which forms a useful bibliography for further reading. Some of the relevant subjects Stoddard covers with humility, sincerity, and knowledge, include: physical and mental exhaustion caused by a long-term relationship; expectations of self and of others; affirming the value of spirituality; character growth and humility; the responsibilities and rights of both mentor and partner; encouraging self-discipline; and, values, priorities, and their relevance in crises.
“Grounded in sales and marketing, founder of non-profit Leader’s Legacy, David Stoddard writes from relevant experience and data, firm Christian faith, and compassionate understanding about life and maturity. Designed for those in the business world, the principles discussed are applicable to all fields and ages of life. Leaders Legacy aims to help mentors to '...understand and model the principles for developing people for sustained life-changing results.' In The Heart of Mentoring, David Stoddard capably demonstrates how each can mentor a partner, who can then go on to mentor another partner.” -- Donna Eggett, Christian Book Previews.com
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Reviewed by Tony Lai (Canada), August 17, 2009 Navpress is a great publisher of books on discipleship and mentoring and I learned mentoring through Navigator’s own Paul D. Stanley co-writing ‘Connecting ‘with J. Robert Clinton and Regent College’s founder, James Houston’s ‘The Mentored Life. All published by Navpress.. Initially I confess some disappointment reading this new book, finding it a substantially lighter read. Perhaps the simplicity of the main idea that mentoring is essentially founded in meaningful relationship and the subtext that there is no difference between discipling and mentoring, is my problem. Reading the back cover and internal commendations from US corporate leaders and the extensive reference to the Harvard Business Review and FORTUNE magazine, revealed that this book is not written for me, someone in the academic arena, to read. This book is written for the corporate business person to encourage them to take their faith seriously beyond the churches doors and into the work and home environments. The message is Go out and make a difference.
There are plenty of stories from the corporate career journey; many examples and situations to resonate with. It tries to resist the “how to” approach of a method rather introducing what Christians would call fellowship into mentoring. If you want the theory read Houston’s book, the different models read Stanley’s, if you want the motivational talk then read this book by Stoddard.
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