I am a new executive and have been assigned a mentor who has amazing credentials and has been helpful in my learning process. After missing our last quarter my CEO now meets with my mentor as well. Is that normal? I feel like I have a baby sitter now and it's causing a lot of confusion with my decision making. For example I'll make a decision and then find out the CEO and my mentor have made a decision in a different direction. I am grateful the company is investing in my growth, but at the same time this seems counter intuitive to creating an efficient business.
Anon - you can’t share a mentor with your ceo, it will end badly for your mental health. Mentorship does not work that way but good luck if you continue down this path.
Thanks, I guess at this point I'm not sure what my best alternative is. If I ask for a new mentor that seems like it could become even more ineffective (my mentor v. His mentor), same thing happens if I ask my CEO to do the same. The only alternative I can think of is to just do joint meetings so I can still benefit from learning and cut down on miscommunication.
As awkward as it will feel you or ceo will have to get a new mentor. Mentorship is 1:1 and not to be shared as you need to be able to be completely honest with your mentor and if you’re already feeling like a spy in your midst it won’t work. Context: been a mentor or mentee 8 times.
Well you did miss your number- your judgement will inevitably will be called into question
Even in the event that you had sound decision making and poor execution/ whatever the circumstances are. Seems equivalent to a PiP to be honest
For a little more context we are an early stage start up and this is my first 3 months on the job. Our average time to sale is about 2 months right now and we are trying to figure out how to mitigate that or make it more predictable. You might very well be right that this is a form of a pip, but my gut instinct would be that no one can work miracles in 3 months.
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Ask them to share why they made the decision and ask them how you can learn to have made the same decision as them
Ya I have a meeting with them monday so I can still learn, but this is the frustrating thing...one meeting with a mentor turned into another with the CEO, which turned into another with everyone involved. It seems like if this mentor isn't going to be solely for me, then we should just meet jointly, atleast for efficiency sake.