This book takes stories of learning relationships from popular films, television programmes andliterature, and uses them as a catalyst for beginners and experts alike to reflect critically on theirown mentoring and coaching practice. How realistic are our expectations of personal change, andto what extent is the flourishing self-help market responsible for this? What, if any, are the moralresponsibilities of executive mentors and coaches, when it comes to global corporate wrongdoing?What should constitute 'truth' and 'knowledge' in a world in which ambiguity and doubt canappear more effective weapons of survival? What can Pinocchio, The Matrix, Star Wars or TheSopranos tell us about any of this?Storytelling and metaphor have become of increasing interest in research into leadership andlearning. Here is a book which takes the idea of storytelling as a powerful aid to learning and change, and uses it to help practitionersand educators challenge their ideas on mentoring in an entertaining way, by asking themselves some of the difficult questions that thesepopular stories raise.