This book encourages the commitment of teachers and parents, in order to develop responsible, self reliant and knowledgeable young people with great leadership skills. Although the books main focus is on the development of the child and their leadership skills, it also has a subtle approach to the development of the teacher and parent.

The book aims to:

• examine the principles of leadership from the teachers perspective
• look in to what leadership means to children and how they can be educated to be better leaders
• explore and strengthen existing good practice in schools, developing what teachers do in the classroom and its impact on leadership.

In this book Hilarie Owen shares her extensive knowledge and experience with teachers and parents alike, enabling them to develop leadership talent and pass these skills on to children of all ages.

Mentoring is a powerful tool in the development of talent within any organization. Experienced colleagues develop the skills, capabilities and confidence of more junior staff, who will go on to contribute to, and drive the success of, the organization. The Complete Guide to Mentoring is your step-by-step guide to implementing a successful mentoring programme in your organization. Packed with high-profile interviews, case studies and questionnaires, it includes a wealth of practical advice on every aspect of the design, fulfilment and assessment of a mentoring scheme. Learn how to set up an effective mentoring programme, develop the knowledge and skills you and your team need to run a programme, assess the time and cost implications and evaluate the impact of your programme. The Complete Guide to Mentoring is the essential toolkit for anyone who wants to create and run mentoring programmes, whether for a large or small organization, with confidence and success.

Women are lifting the limits on what they can achieve and are learning to create their own identity as leaders. For them, leadership no longer just comes in a box or on a course. It is happening in life. They are finding the authenticity, the confidence, the resilience and the courage to become the leaders they want to be and to exercise power on more genuinely equal terms. In this book, Hilarie Owen combines lessons and insights from 30 high-achieving women with techniques and tools from the world's foremost thinkers on leadership. In nine steps, she opens up a path that all women can take to realize their potential as leaders.

Packed with illustrative examples and interactive exercises, this book shows you to maximize the value of your knowledge capital (what you know), social capital (whom you know), and emotional capital (how you interact with others)-and combine these components to make you a more successful, effective, balanced, and fulfilled person.Momentum books are for people who want to make things happen in their career and their life, who want to work at something they enjoy and that's worthy of their talent and their time. Momentum people have values and principles. They question who they are and what they do. Wherever they work, they want to feel that what they do has meaning.