This is the first book to put coaching and mentoring into an Asia-Pacific context – exploring the challenges, benefits and differences in application, both in concept and practice. The authors show how organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region can make effective use of this powerful developmental tool, in cost-effective, culturally relevant ways.

Part 1: Setting the SceneChapter 1: A brief history of coaching and mentoringDavid Clutterbuck and Tammy TurnerChapter 2: Key challenges for coaching and mentoring in Asia-Pacific Derrick Kon and Anna BlackmanChapter 3: What does good practice look like? Anna Blackman and David ClutterbuckChapter 4: Role and future of coaching supervision in Asia-Pacific Vimala SuppiahPart 2: Coaching CasesChapter 5: Coaching in Thailand Chérie Carter-ScottChapter 6: The Cross-Cultural Kaleidoscope™ Model: A Systems Approach to Coaching in the Asia-Pacific RegionJenny Plaister-TenChapter 7: Asia’s unique leadership challengesTony MathersChapter 8: Transitioning the new CEO while embedding a mergerPadraig O’SullivanChapter 9: Technology Leader in AsiaRam Ramanathan Chapter 10: Are Leaders born or made? A tale of two executivesRoss SwanChapter 11: Auckland City amalgamation and culture development using traditional Maori concept of KaiarahiVanessa FudgeChapter 12: Asia-Pacific Organizational Coaching Case StudyCharlie LangChapter 13: Strength-Based Leadership & Team Coaching in Asia PacificDoug MacKieChapter 14: Empowering Women Leaders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) David Pierce, Kasia Gurgul, Sue Hubbard and Anna BlackmanChapter 15: Leadership Coaching: an Australian contextJulia Milner and Mike ArmourChapter 16: "The Different Me"-s: Using the multi-selves model for peak performance and alignmentMarion NeubronnerChapter 17: High performance team coachingMorné MaritzChapter 18: Coaching in Asia-Pacific from the perspective of the coachee Siqiwen Li, Anna Blackman and Alison CarterPart 3: Mentoring CasesChapter 19: Can a ‘white-fella’ be mentored using traditional ‘black-fella’ wisdom?Akram SabbaghChapter 20: Mentoring within the Pacific IslandsChristopher NunnChapter 21: The Mentoring for Effective Teaching programPeter Hudson and Sue HudsonChapter 22: To Mentor or Not to Mentor: A Mentor SpeaksYa-Hui KuoChapter 23: Young Women in Leadership, Massey UniversityVasudha Bhide and Beth TootellChapter 24: Family Member Mentoring in Hawaii: Understanding the Influence of Culture on Mentors and ProtégésDonnel NunesChapter 25: How to match mentors and mentees effectivelyGeorge QuekPart 4: ConclusionsChapter 26: Lessons learntDavid Clutterbuck, Anna Blackman and Derrick Kon

"Anyone involved coaching and mentoring in the Asia Pacific region will welcome this book. It includes chapters from experts in the field and provides a fine overview of the challenges faced and how to tackle them. The book is a very useful contribution to our understanding of coaching and mentoring in this developing context."Dr Elaine Cox, Principal Lecturer and Programme Lead for Coaching & Mentoring, Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK