Teach What You Know: A Practical Leader's Guide to Knowledge Transfer Using Peer Mentoring

I have purchased this book for managers in the last three companies I have worked for. The concepts are easy to follow and it is a great way to get every level of knowledge experts in the organization, thinking about the importance of training the right way. This is extremely successful when on-boarding new hires. Add to this the cost of on-boarding a new hire and the expectation of a maximum committmen of 24 months from a millenial, it is important to get them up and running and engaged as soon as possible. Steve Trautmans process makes sense and saves money.

This is the best book on peer mentoring and knowledge transfer out there. Steve knows his stuff and has been practicing for 20+ years in this field. The tools and techniques you'll gain from this book are so valuable as an apprentice or a mentor.

I highly recommend this book to people that value quality in the workplace. I'm amazed how relevant the information is to different companies and possibly even personal/family life. I work in the high tech industry, customer support. Everything I've read so far (I'm only half way through) has been totally worthwhile and applicable to me and the team I work with. I believe the ideas presented would also be much needed at the coffee shop where my wife works. Pretty basic sensible stuff once you get down to it, but isn't it the basics where we often come up short?I like the clear writing style. It's refreshing to read something where the intent is obviously to educate the reader, as opposed to some authors that appear to be trying to convince the reader how intelligent the author is. It's one thing to show how much a writer knows, it's an entirely different thing to help a reader learn valuable information efficiently. I think Steve is clearly and thankfully in the second group.I think this is one of the most valuable books in my library.

I have not completed reading this book at the time of this writing, but it contains some very intriquing concepts which I will introduce to my own teaching opportunities. This is NOT just for "professional educators" but anyone that has a leadership roll to play in our world today. Highly recommended and a fairly easy read!

Quick read.

My impression is that this book is about project management, not so much about how to connect with a pupil.

Teach What You Know provides several concise and clever grab-and-go tools and templates for delivering the most important knowledge in the "lean" amount of time. The book explains the entire mentoring process from scratch guiding the reader through every step of the mentoring process, up to and including feedback and knowledge assessment. No matter how much experience and mastery an employee might have with a certain skill, this in no way guarantees the ability to teach it effectively. The book proves useful here by suggesting the best starting point for each stage of the mentorship role. All facets of the subject of mentorship have been thought through and mapped out by the author; he is a true specialist of the field. A few specific topics such as remote mentoring and practical cases of author's experience with real life companies have also been laid out.I have used this book for mentoring a summer intern. Followed many advice and the tools provided. Me, being an only three-year experienced engineer on the job; my protege being an only freshman-year finished college student, had a successful project that will be valued my work team for a long time to come. The load of the project was nothing to look down upon especially within the time constraints we had. Thanks to Steve Trautman,it became an easy breeze! The bare-bones can be listed as;- Laying down a foundation: First Things First Essentials- Transferring Episteme: The effective mode of acquiring and arranging knowledge in a given period- Assessing Knowledge and Giving/Receiving Feedback: Ensuring comprehension is being achievedAdditionally, the book is not only tremendously useful for mentoring, but for peer relations, too. It includes many tips for supervisors, silo mentors and proteges as well. Tapping into the psychological aspects of learning styles and relations is another big plus. Many of the tools and templates that have been found to improve the effectiveness of mentorship-protege relationship have been explained and made easily customizable for any individual or company case. It is an especially great resource for learn-on-the-job companies.The path to the effective mentorship always has to cross the clear definitions of * roles, * communication preferences, * the big picture, * the work assignments, * training plan, * content being delivered.As with most things, planning of the mentoring process can save a lot of time and frustration for the mentor, protege, supervisor and ultimately the company.