The power of having a Chief Executive / Business Owner Mentor Part 1 – A Non-Exec who is not on an agenda

It’s lonely at the top especially when you do not have a non-exec director on board. Having a friend, philosopher and guide helps. 

You always wanted to be Chief Executive and now you realise that you need to talk freely to a non-exec with executive coaching skills who is impartial. In your current situation, your employer, Board, subordinates and investors probably all have vested interests. 

Have you thought of having a Chief Executive mentor (effectively a non-exec director or a good executive coach) who has run their own company and amassed a powerful track record in boosting the effectiveness of business leaders?  

“A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.” Tom Landry