Resource Centre
Coaching and Mentoring
www.miami.edu/veritas/sept99/class.html - mentoring case study
www.mentoringcentre.org/ - European Mentoring Centre, Slough , 01628 661919; A not for profit organisation to promote mentoring in business, education and the community. Linked to the Mentor’s Forum
www.e-mentoring.com/ A good site - even has a couple of PowerPoint presentations for trying to influence people that introducing a mentoring scheme would be a good idea. It also has one or two links to articles which have been published on mentoring schemes. You will also find a simple assessment test for whether your organisation is ready for mentoring.
www.exemplas.com/ Skills-and-Training/Mentoring--Coaching/ another UK web site focussing on mentoring
www.findamentor.org/ A web site dedicated to help people find mentors or offer their services as mentors - a kind of dating agency really
www.mentoringforchange.com Another UK based web site. Some useful resources.
www.mentoringgroup.com A commercial organisation but with lots of resources for the web visitor. Articles on all aspects of mentoring there for the taking and all with a organisational and management development slant. Most definitely a site to visit.
www.management-mentors.com Management mentors
www.aacsb.edu Association for Management Education. A professional development network for those involved in individual and organisational development. (site is out of date – not sure how active it is)
www.mentoring-association.org The International Mentoring Association, USA
www.uel.ac.uk/nmc The National Mentoring Consortium, University of East London Supports disadvantaged and ethnic minority communities
www.iaf-world.org International Association of Facilitators:
http://executivecoachingarticles.blogspot.com Executive coaching article
www.coachingnetwork.org.uk web site is excellent. Masses of articles to download and it even has an active discussion board which you can join, a definite and superb site to visit. Includes active Discussion Forum
www.coachingfoundation.org.uk The Coaching Foundation.
www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary_tutorials_examples.php - exercises and mazes?
www.lifecoachingacademy.co.uk Life Coaching Academy: A London-based business specialising in training for Life Coaches!
www.oscm.co.uk The Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring. Eric Parsloe is the director of this virtual school.
www.performanceconsultants.co.uk Whitmore, John, 1996, Coaching for Performance. Nicholas Brealey publishing: London. John originated the GROW model of coaching. The GROW model can be tried out on his web site His model is based on increasing awareness and developing responsibility.
www.theworkfoundation.com the work foundation
www.coachfederation.com/ICF/ International Coaching Federation. A large American organisation with chapters in the UK. Useful source for coaching ethics and competencies.
www.coachu.com The Coach University: seems to be a big American organisation providing coaching training
www.thecoaches.com The Coaches Training Institute. US organisation with courses in the UK
www.aoec.com The Academy of Executive Coaching: Includes an MSc course
www.qopd.co.uk Q-OPD: Provide training in NLP, 360 Degree Feedback and Coaching