Part XIIMentoring, Inquiry, and Practical Wisdom
Humble Inquiry
Edgar H. Schein
This short book is highly relevant to VMT mentoring.
Helping
Edgar H. Schein
Schein examines why attempts to help often fail because the helper acts before understanding what kind of help is needed.
The Coaching Habit
Michael Bungay Stanier
This is a practical, highly accessible book built around seven coaching questions.
The Socratic Method
Ward Farnsworth
Farnsworth offers a clear contemporary exploration of Socratic questioning and how disciplined dialogue exposes definitions, assumptions, contradictions, and co…
Practical Wisdom
Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe
This book examines the judgment required to apply rules, experience, ethics, and human understanding in circumstances too complex for formulas.
The Trusted Advisor
David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford
Although written for professional advisors, this is useful for mentors because it examines credibility, reliability, intimacy, and self-orientation.
