The Fine Art of Mentoring
Passing on to Others What God Has Given to You
by Ted W. Engstrom and Norman B. Rohrer
Imprint: Resource Publications
188 Pages, 5.50 x 8.50 x 0.38 in
- Paperback
- 9781597521284
- Published: March 2005
$26.00 / £21.00 / AU$36.00
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As a former president and chief executive officer of World Vision (and now President Emeritus) and a active on a number of evangelical boards, Ted W. Engstrom is one of the most influential leaders in American religion and
social service. He has been the recipient of six honorary doctorates (L.H.D., Taylor University; LL.D., John Brown University, Litt.D., Seattle Pacific University, Sterling College, Bellhaven College and Azusa Pacific
University.)
Before joining World Vision, Engstrom was for six years president of Youth for Christ International. He has been a sought-after management consultant and has conducted the nationwide "Managing Your Time" seminars with his
former colleague (deceased) Ed Dayton for more than fourteen years.
A prolific editor and author, Engstrom has and published more than fifty books and hundreds of magazine articles. Among his best selling books are The Pursuit of Excellence (Zondervan), The Fine Art of Friendship (Nelson), and Integrity (Word).
As President Emeritus of World Vision, Dr.Engstrom continues with a limited load of speaking, writing, and leadership training.
Mentoring used to be the chief learning method in society, where an apprentice spent years at the side of the craftsman, learning not only the mechanics of a function, but the "way of life" which surrounded it.
The good news is that more than a few are waking up to the fact that we have lost something precious in our culture because the mentoring function has been permitted to lapse into semi-obsolescence. There is a renewal of reference to mentoring in the business literature, the world of education, and in social work. And that new alertness has been in evidence, of course, in the Christ-following community also.
It's fitting for Ted Engstrom to write this book because of at least two things. First, he has done the mentoring he writes about. Men and women all over the world will gladly and thankfully attest to that. And secondly, he writes from the perspective of a generation which is in the process of handing its work over to its successors.
The mentoring leader (and that is what Ted Engstrom has been) is a scarce human commodity. So I commend to you the thoughts of one of those wonderful rarities: a Christ-like man who has produced Christ-like proteges.
From the foreword by Gordon MacDonald
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