24. How To Get And Keep A CEO Mentor

In this episode we are going to cover How to get and keep a CEO mentor. Every CEO I've met has had a mentor of some sort in their career. Interestingly, in most cases, these were through a reporting structure and weren't formal mentoring relationships. How to convince a CEO to mentor you CEOs are insanely busy people in very high demand. And yet, every one of them I have met finds time to mentor several of the next generation. The fact is they want to help and give back, but they don't want to waste their time. It is unlikely that you can offer them much from spending time with you except for giving back. So that is the lever to pull. Here are a few steps that have worked time and again when I'm connecting with big chiefs.