Warning Signs That Call For Executive Mentoring Assistance

Clearly, it is never easy to look at oneself and your situation from a totally impartial perspective.

Additionally, you may just have people around you who don't like or want to give you bad news - or news that they might think you will not want to hear.

As a response to this, it is always useful to have the ear and thoughts of an experienced executive to bounce ideas and thoughts with.

And that is what we are all about.

Being at the top can be a very lonely place. Some of the symptoms that things may need rethinking could well be...

You Realize/You Know
- That you are far off the mark
- That you're the last to go home, and you don't recall anyone actually saying 'Good Night' to you
- Having done all that you have done, yet you feel unhappy with the outcome
- Blaming others for your failures HAS to stop, but you can't bring yourself to accept the blame
- People around you expect to be handed more authority, but they shirk from taking the   responsibility
- Success is claimed by all, but you're the only one addressing the failures
- You are working hard and feel as though you are getting no recognition
- That things are not how they appear, but you can't face reality

You Think
- As though you have treated everybody equally, but discovered that some expect to be treated more 'equally' than others
- You are the only one who is surprised
- Your day is getting longer and longer, but you are achieving less and less
- You would like to go back to where you started so that you could go to where you intended to be   in the first place!
- You want to round-up a posse, but you can't find any deputies
- The people that you teamed-up with are surprising and disappointing you
- You would 'throw-in-the-towel' but you can't afford the luxury

You Feel
- You should know more about business economics, or the "downside risk against the upside turn"...
- Overwhelmed by demand, but find it difficult to satisfy supply
- As though your limited 'business' experience is hampering your growth
- The need to expand the business, but are not sure that this is really what you want for yourself
- That everything is urgent, and you can't cope with the pressure
- As though you over-commit, and under-deliver
- As though you have given away generously, but instead of appreciation you experience   resentment
- You appear to be the only one with all the answers all the time
- The outsiders appreciate you more than the insiders
- The truth and the facts appear to speak for themselves, but you're the only one to see it
- Your credibility appears to be waning
- Your corporate vision is getting fuzzy
- They have stopped tapping your resources
- That getting too near to the detail is resented
- You feel as if you could do much better, but you don't feel like putting-in the extra effort
- You start wondering if you are more like 'them' than like yourself
- You feel as though it is time to stop pretending, but you can't face it alone
- In spite of all positive occurrences, one negative is marring the outlook
- As though you have delegated enough for now, but you are being pressurized to delegate more
- That it is time to make a change, but you are not getting support around you

You Aren't Sure
- You don't understand why things are not happening
- You can't see things clearly - you must be either too close or too far
- You talk - and nobody listens. And its NOT because they can't hear you
- You hear them talking to you, but you're not listening to them
- You are informed of the need to make changes, but you are the only one expected to make them
- Your most loyal employee appears to behave disloyally
- You have transformed from a human being into a human "doing"
- You wish you knew more about managing people day-to-day
- Managing is becoming a chore that you would prefer to dispense with, and spend all of your time   on achieving your vision
- You are afraid to lose control of the business
- Through no fault of your own, the company's integrity is being compromised
- You find it difficult to face problems, and 'avoidance' is a tempting alternative
- You wake up to a rude awakening and realize that you are different from "them"
- People around you keep saying the same thing again and again, but you are yearning for   something innovative

The symptoms identified above are only a few out of the many.

If even one of these items rings true, then please do not hesitate to give us a call for a discussion of your present situation, and where you would like to be in the not too distant future.