Why Great Leaders need Great Mentors?

Trying to do great things is difficult.Doing them is alone is often impossible. Especially early in your career - success is, in reality, a team sport. People think that Great Leaders are born great.

 You’ll Be Pushed Out Of Your Comfort Zone 

Every leader does something that no one does. He is continuously out of his Comfort Zone. He can't do it on his own, a mentor helps him. A mentor continuously ask you to do things that you are not comfortable to do. This really helps you excel.

Ask yourself 

Before you start looking for a mentor, consider what it is you really need out of the relationship. Base your search off of that, and be honest when you connect with potential mentors. If you’re approached to mentor someone else, consider what would most help them grow.

Learn How To Accept And Give Feedback 

In a professional setting it is hard to give constructive feedback without sounding patronizing. Having a mentor means you’re literally asking someone to give you criticism all the time. This means that you’ll need to learn how to accept that feedback. It really helps in studies as well. Whether you are doing Master in Business Administration or something else.

Benefit for the Mentor too!!! 

For the mentor, that also means that if they aren’t yet skilled at giving criticism in a way that comes across as helpful rather than abrasive. They’ll have plenty of time to practice to make the relationship work.

Having A Confidant Reduces Stress 

Mentors do more than give advice and help brainstorm. It is helpful in studies as well. Whether you are doing Masters in Business Administration or anything else. They act as a confidant that you can unload your problems with. They’ll listen, help you dissect exactly what’s bothering you, and provide support as you think of solutions together.

What a Mentor gets!!! 

On the flip side, when the mentor is under stress, they can use that situation as fodder for a learning exercise for their mentee. Both the mentor and the mentee benefit from the stress reducing power of the relationship, because at the heart of it, they’re friends who trust each other’s capability and good judgement more than most.

To Wrap it up

Mentor-ship is all about forming a great relationship centered around a mutual passion. While there are plenty of similarities to friendship, understand that in order for the relationship to really reach its full potential, it must be more than that.