W. BRAD JOHNSON is Associate Professor of psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law, United States Naval Academy, and a Faculty Associate in the Graduate School of Business and Education at Johns Hopkins University, USA. His most recent books include: Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way and The Elements of Mentoring (Palgrave, 2004).

CAROL A. MULLEN is Associate Professor of leadership studies in the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at the University of South Florida, USA. She has published ten other books, most recently Formal Mentoring Programs in Higher Education, Curriculum Leadership Development, A Graduate Student Guide, and The Mentorship Primer.