Great leaders are always learning and the best place to do that many times is from other people who have already dealt with the life issues you are facing today. Instead of thinking of one mentor who has all the knowledge you need, start putting together an informal but intentional list of people who can give you great advice.
This HBR posts gives you several great options for making sure you have other people who are pouring practical knowledge into your life. Priscilla Claman does an excellent job:
“Many of the roles we play in our lives do not fit neatly into professional and personal categories. Covid-19 has brought this into high relief, by significantly eroding the distinction between work and home. Coping with life’s challenges in this ambiguous context can become a real challenge, but there’s an office practice that can help: mentoring.
Our thinking about professional mentoring has evolved in recent years. The traditional model involved a senior-level mentor who advised and actively promoted the careers of more-junior employees, but a new and more effective model has emerged in which employees attach themselves to a whole set of mentors—a personal board of directors, as it were, that you can consult regularly to get advice and feedback on your work and career.”
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