Unlock your next level of success with this comprehensive guide to finding, becoming, and maximizing mentorship relationships.
Dive into proven strategies, real-world case studies, and actionable frameworks that will transform how you approach mentorship.
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84 percent of CEOs say a mentor helped them become proficient in the role faster, and 84 percent say a mentor helped them avoid costly mistakes. Those figures come from Harvard Business Review research cited in the guide. Most leaders reading them still do not have a mentor.
The Power of Mentorship is a free guide in 2 halves. The first makes the case, for mentoring and for being mentored, with the research laid out. The second is the practical part: how to make the ask, and a toolkit of frameworks and templates for running the relationship once it exists.
It is short, 14 pages, because the argument is not complicated. The obstacle is the ask.
Five chapters, from the case to the toolkit.
If you want a mentor to hand you answers, this is not it. The guide is clear that mentoring is a relationship with work on both sides.
If you have reached a level where nobody around you has done what you are trying to do next, this was written for you.
Read chapter 4 first if you already know you need a mentor and have been putting off the ask. The rest of the guide will make more sense once the conversation is booked.
The guide cites research showing mentees have 38 percent higher retention, 84 percent of CEOs credit mentors with faster proficiency and fewer costly mistakes, and 75 percent of leaders say mentorship played a key role in their success. Mentored startups are reported to grow 3.5 times faster.
Chapter 4 covers it: identify who has done what you are trying to do, make a specific ask with a clear scope, and make it easy to say yes. The guide gives the wording and what to offer in return.
Yes. Chapter 1 argues that mentoring is part of the leader's job, not an extra, and that leaders who mentor become better at being mentored.
Andreas Pettersson is the founder of Leaders ADAPT. He built a company from zero to over 150 people, sold it to Canon and became their youngest standalone CEO. He now coaches founders and executives on leading without being the bottleneck. This guide is free, the download arrives by email within a minute, and you can measure where you stand first with the free leadership assessments.