Sharing knowledge: Books

The Art of Mentoring

The Art of Mentoring is both practical and profound. Packed with real-life examples from business and other areas of life, it offers tools that readers can use:

• To pass-on their knowledge and wisdom
• To nurture talent
• To enable people to find creative solutions to challenges

Great mentors offer people a stimulating sanctuary.

Balancing the need to be both soul-wise and street-wise, The Art of Mentoring provides a similar service. The book is ideal for leaders, managers, coaches, teachers and knowledge workers. It offers an inspiring guide to enabling people to achiever ongoing success.

The Art of Mentoring has provided the framework for many organisations that have set up mentoring programmes. Simple yet profound, it can be read at many levels. Packed with practical tools, it describes the ‘Classic Mentoring’ model that can be used to enable mentees to find creative solutions to challenges.

“Mike Pegg did more for the development of Air Miles culture than anybody else outside the organisation. This book shows why mentoring is going to be a vital ingredient in successful companies in the future. Mike’s book is a great practical introduction to the subject.”

Alan Deller, former MD of Air Miles

The Mentor’s Book

Mentors have one of the most rewarding jobs in the world. They help people to achieve their picture of perfection. The Art of Mentoring, the earlier best-seller by Mike Pegg, showed how to facilitate a mentoring session. The Mentor’s Book moves mentoring into another dimension. Rich in real-life experiences, it provides a massive resource of practical tools that mentors can use to help people tackle many different challenges. The book covers the following:

• Classic Mentoring
• Career Mentoring
• Change Curve Mentoring
• Creative Teamwork Mentoring
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Conflict Resolution Mentoring
• Class Act Mentoring

“At Microsoft, we aim to enable great people to do their best work. Mentoring plays a vital role in enabling our people to develop their talents. This book provides an immensely practical approach to mentoring. Having already integrated many of these models into Microsoft, we are now focusing on Mike’s approach to helping individuals and teams to become a Class Act. This will help us to stay at the leading edge - both in running our business and providing an inspiring environment for our people.”

Stephen Harvey, Group Director People & Culture, Microsoft Limited

Strengths Coaching in 90 Minutes
(with Sue Moore)

How can you help a person to find their ‘A’ talent?

How can you then help them to build on their strengths, set specific goals and achieve success? Co-written with Sue Moore, Strengths Coaching in 90 Minutes provides a powerful repertoire of tools for helping people develop their ‘As’, whilst also dealing with the consequences of their ‘Bs’ and ‘Cs’. It is backed up with real case studies and tried and tested, ready to use coaching exercises. Providing a fascinating insight into the art of strengths coaching from two highly experienced practitioners who have, over the last 40 years, been using the techniques provided with people in many different fields - from artists to athletes, directors to delinquents and sales people to software writers - this book provides a wealth of ideas you can take and use in your own way to help people realise their potential.

“Understanding what each of us is uniquely brilliant at, and what we’re not, can be as liberating for us as it is powerful for our employers. Sue Moore and Mike Pegg draw on thousands of hours of strength coaching to lay out the simple steps, applicable exercises and relevant case histories so that you can try this at home. Uncage yourself and your employees and read this book: it’s one of the most insightful and productive ways you can spend the next 90 minutes.”

Jon Gisby, Vice President of Media for Yahoo! Europe

“Building on people’s strengths used to be a neglected part of employee development. During the past ten years, however, many HR practitioners have implemented this approach. Philosophies come and go, but the real test is: ‘Do they work in practice?’ The strengths coaching framework described in this book is one that I have found to be extremely effective. HR practitioners will be able ‘to take the best and leave the rest’. Strengths Coaching in 90 Minutes provides many ideas and tools that can be used to develop people at every level in an organisation.”

Paul Mitford, Human Resources Director for PC World

The Strengths Way

the art of building on strengths

The Strengths Way tells stories of real people who have followed their vocation, found the right vehicles and done valuable work. It is also a source of practical tools and techniques to help others to follow this path in their own ways. The result of over 40 year’s work encouraging people to develop their ‘A’ talents, the book provides an inspiring compass for people, teams and organisations that want to achieve ongoing success.

“I have known Mike Pegg for years. He’s a fantastic encourager and his latest book, The Strengths Way is filled with inspiring real-life stories and great practical exercises which really help intelligent optimists find their way.”

Gerry McNulty, writer and performer

“The Strengths Way is a great book that mixes the theoretical with the practical in a way that makes the subject accessible to anyone. The book contains many case studies of people that have decided to ‘live the dream’ and follow their passions, often taking great risks, with inspiring results. The strengths approach described in the book also works superbly inside established companies that seek to harness the abilities of their people. I have seen it at first hand - and it works.”

Roy White, Vice President, Human Resources, Sony Europe

“Great performers play to their strengths - be it in music, sport or working life. At the same time, they find ways to compensate for their weaknesses. Over the past 6 years I have tried to follow this philosophy when leading teams and organisations. Perhaps the hardest part is helping people to find and use their real talents—the space where they can do really great work. Mike’s book provides many tools for making this happen and I have seen the benefits–both for individuals and organisations. I strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to find and build on people’s strengths.”

Paul Thomalla, VP EMEA, Stratus Technologies

“Mike Pegg is the great encourager, responsible for helping thousands of people to release their inner creativity. The many personal stories woven into the text are truly inspiring, as well as being instructional. The book applies to people in jobs, self employment or unpaid work. Mike says, “everybody has something special to give to the world”; this book will help you to discover just what that is. It will help you to build on your strengths and find your vocation.”

Barrie Hopson, Founder, Lifeskills International