Articles and Presentations

This is a selection of short articles from our library. Please contact us for more in-depth material.

Talent spotting gets it wrong most of the time
Australian Finacial Review interview with Prof David CLutterbuck following his address to our clients in Sydney in March 2012.

Global coaching and mentoring trends
Presentation slides used by Prof David Clutterbuck at event in Sydney on 21 March 2012. To view the presentation go to this page.

Reverse Mentoring
Reverse mentoring relationships make the hierarchically more senior person the primary learner and emphasis the skill and experience of the more junior person.

Mentoring women in Australia
Some recent trends.

Creating a coaching and mentoring culture
Every significant study of effective managers concludes that those managers, who get the most out of their teams, spend a high proportion of their time and energy coaching or mentoring others.

Mentoring and retention
Mentoring can increase the chances people will stay – by at least a third on average and in exceptional cases by over 1000 percent.

Mentoring for diversity
Examines recent trends and what constitutes good practice in diversity mentoring.

A great spat over goals
When academics clash antlers in ritual ruttings over research, the issues under contention can be of marginal interest to practitioners. But the recent spat over the value of goals, in Academy of Management Perspectives has significance for anyone working at a serious level in coaching or mentoring. Effective managerial coaches are able to delegate more, to create a stronger sense of purpose within the team and to motivate the performance of others.

The business case for mentoring
Explores the various organisational benefits of mentoring.

Making job share work
2009 research conducted by Horizons Unlimited into success secrets of job sharers.