Mentoring for Wellbeing Across the Professions and Disciplines

Benjamin Kutsyuruba, PhD, is a Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy, and School Law in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Keith D. Walker, PhD, DD, is a professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

• Foreword; Lisa Z. FainChapter 1. Introduction: The Need for Mentoring for Wellbeing in Professional Settings; Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith D. WalkerChapter 2. Mentoring for Wellbeing through Inquiry; Keith D. Walker and Kabini SangaChapter 3. Mentors’ Use of Interventions to Promote Wellbeing; Mary Barbara TrubeChapter 4. Mentoring Person-Centered Psychospiritual Maturation: Foundation for Individual and Social Wellbeing; Jared D. KassChapter 5. The Hidden Party in Mentorship Dyads: Trauma’s Influence on Wellbeing; Stephanie Guastella Lindsay and Danielle Kubasko SullivanChapter 6. Work-Related, Spiritual Mentoring in Support of Stakeholder Wellbeing; Sheldene SimolaChapter 7. The Laying on of Hands: Mentoring for Wellbeing in the Pastoral Relationship; Mark Buchanan, Ric Strangway, and Arch Chee Keen WongChapter 8. A More Engaged Workforce: Connecting Corporate Mentoring and Wellbeing; Julie Silard KantorChapter 9. Positive Leadership Development Through Informal Mentoring; Christopher M. Parfitt and Dianelys NavarroChapter 10. Educational Leadership and Wellbeing: A Virtuous Journey through Servant Leader Mentoring; Fatima Salas-Rodriguez, Melinda C. Bier, and Deborah S. O’ReillyChapter 11. Positive School Leadership in Teacher Induction Programs: Promoting Early Career Teachers’ Wellbeing through Mentoring in Malta; Christopher Bezzina and Benjamin KutsyurubaChapter 12. Induction through Near Peer Learning Communities: The Impact on New Teacher Retention, Self-Efficacy, and Wellbeing; Amanda L. Mazin and Jessica F. Riccio Chapter 13. Nurturing Well-being in Teacher Education: A Focus on Needs-oriented Mentoring; Benjamin Dreer-GötheChapter 14. The Power of Feedback to Foster Wellbeing, Relatedness, and Goal Achievement in Mentoring Relationships; Rebecca Stroud and Trista HollweckChapter 15. A LatCircle: Supporting Academic and Social Wellbeing Through Effective Virtual Mentoring of Latinx Scholars; James Martínez, Regina L. Suriel, María L. Gabriel, Juan A. Ríos Vega, Neritza Díaz-Cruz, and Javier Gonzalez GonzalesChapter 16. Mentoring in a Professional Learning Community of Researchers: Perspectives on Wellbeing; Luciana C. de Oliveira, Karen L. Terrell, Jia Gui, Tara M. Willging, Jefferson do Carmo Andrade Santos, and Allessandra Elisabeth dos SantosChapter 17. Women Supporting Women: A Collaborative Autoethnography Exploring Mutual Mentoring for Wellbeing at Work; Ann M. Morgan and Laura Knight LynnChapter 18. Reciprocal Mentoring: Shared Funds of Knowledge and Faculty Wellbeing; Dionne Clabaugh, Christine Carducci, Suji Venkataraman and Sandy BabaChapter 19. Building Resilience Through a Structured Mentoring Program in an Interprofessional Health Practice; Summer V. McMurry and Catherine L. FunkChapter 20. Mentorship for Wellbeing in Postgraduate Medical Education; Anurag Saxena, Gayathri Manoharan, Loni Desanghere, Tanya Robertson-Frey, and Jennifer UhrynChapter 21. Mentoring for Wellbeing in Nursing Practice; Debra Leners and Karin PolifkoChapter 22. Empowering Connections: The Impacts of Mentoring on Employee Wellbeing; Rebecca RogersChapter 23. Mentoring for the Wellbeing of Pilots: Innovative Mentoring in the Field of Aviation; Catherine G. Cordova, Barron Parsons-Daisley, and Emma FoxChapter 24. Concluding Thoughts: Mediating Wellbeing and Garnering Momentum Through Mentorship; Keith D. Walker and Benjamin Kutsyuruba

We are living in a world of uncertainty filled with issues that impact the wellbeing of individuals, families, communities, organizations, and nations. Yet, there is a void in the professional research literature and in publications read by those in the business and work world that deal with these issues in a concrete and practical manner. This book fills that void. The editors present the underlying issues impacting wellbeing in a concrete and practical manner. The chapter authors deal with these issues and present specific strategies and programs focused upon fostering individual and organizational wellbeing across a broad spectrum of settings. The book should be of immense value to a wide range of readers interested in creating healthy environments that support individual health and wellbeing and organizational success.