Helping: A Growing Dimension of Management

Illustrates the importance of giving an employee the opportunity to learn, then allowing and expecting him to perform by himself. Delves into the multiple aspects of helping/coaching relationships, and is punctuated by insightful investigation of real-life mentor protege alliances in several different types of organizations and life situations. , The multiple aspects of helping/coaching relationships are explored, punctuated by insightful investigation of real-life mentor/protege alliances in several different types of organizations and life situations. Based on a core conversation between Louis Lundborg, former chairman of the board, Bank of America Corporation; T. George Harris, former editor of "Psychology Today" magazine; and Art Shedlin, well-known industrial psychologist. Additionally, two experiments--the Positive Mood Study and Lost Letter Technique--are dramatically re-created.