IntroductionA1 Mentoring for business creation and development by Dinah Bennett and Christina HartshornA2 The accompagnateur - a conversation with a French mentor by Liz BorredonA3 The well supervised professional mentor James Cannon, Principal of Cannon Associates, Director of Right CavendishA4 Richard D. Field, OBE: a company chairman and a principled mentorA5 Carl Eric Gestberg, ABB, Sweden - thorough processes support an internal schemeA6 Sir John Harvey-Jones: the self-made top executive passionate to help othersA7 Creating a mentoring culture in Lex by Nick Holley, Personnel Director, LexA8 Colin Palmer mentors Nigel Harrison: two accounts of an experienced director mentoring small business leadersA8a Colin Palmer, Chairman of Business Intelligence and of the IMPACT programme mentors Nigel Harrison, Managing Director, ACTA8b Nigel Harrison, Managing Director, ACT, interviewed by Melanie SinnettA9 Mike Pupius, Royal Mail: a quality mentorA10 Peer mentoring among managers in the Netherlands by Lida Beers, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, NetherlandsA11 Trude Stolpe, Personnel Director, Axel Johnsson, SwedenA12 Allen Yurko, CEO, Siebe - an American storyA13 Kees Zandvliet, HRM Director, Heineken, Netherlands: a functional director is professionally mentored - by Nina LazeronB1 Julia Essex, mentored by Ian Flemming: one mentor - several organizationsB1a Julia Essex, Director of Commissioning, East Hertfordshire Health ServiceB1b Ian Flemming, Julia’s mentor, is a partner in Ian Flemming AssociatesB2 Michael Fowle, KPMG - voluntary cross-sector mentoring of headteachersB3 Dame Rennie Fritchie: a top manager role modelffB4 Trish Longden, District Audit: professional career mentoring by Judy WeleminskyB5 Philip Lewer, City of Bradford Social Services: mentoring with heartB6 Dan Sequerra, Executive Director, Kirklees Metropolitan Council: a mentoring championB7 David Wilson, Director of Finance, NHS Trust: a personal account by Richard Hale and Jonathon Harding, IMC ConsultingC1 Sir Christopher Ball, Chancellor of Derby University, Chairman, Campaign for LearningC2 Dorothy Newton, RIBA: a voluntary sector director by Judy Weleminsky