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Question Regarding Advisor Through Work

Hello, my company provides stock options to advisors, and I am supposed to work with an advisor, who is also a friend of the CEO. However, this has made my relationship with the advisor a bit difficult because the CEO is also my manager. Recently, I was asked if I would like to find my own advisor since the current one has not been able to put in the required time. Unfortunately, I do not have anyone in my network who would be suitable for this role. Do you have any advice on how I can go about finding an advisor?

teresaman·Mar 05

Depending on your needs, I find it helpful to think of it in two ways: an advisor for general leadership / business skills [like a leadership or exec coach], and an advisor for your vertical [a thought partner in your space]. For the latter, if you are part of networks / slack channels / community groups with others in your role, that could be a good place to start! Otherwise, I would also 100% lean on your CEO to ask them and the investors to see if they have any recommendations.

Iynna·Mar 05

I completely agree with Teresa's framework! And on top of that if you want actual places to find advisors, I'd recommend Bolster (bolster.com)

annieli·Mar 11

Hey there! There are some sites where you can book calls with mentors for free and I think a lot of them also take on advisor roles. I spoke to 3 mentors this way and got really helpful feedback from one of them, we are still in touch after 2 years and I can strongly recommend trying these sites!The Mentoring Club: https://www.mentoring-club.com/ADP List: https://adplist.org/