Winning with Wise Counsel

Plans fail for lack of counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.
Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)

You can win with wise counsel.  The problem for many people in business and leadership is that they are looking for that one mentor who can answer all things that exist.  That's not realistic or rational.  That's not how you win. 

No one has all of the answers except God.  You need a "multitude of counselors" according to Proverbs 15:22 (NKJV).  Through the multitude of counselors, your plans are established and their feedback ensures that you have covered everything on the checklist for launching your venture.  There is no one-stop shop when it comes to mentoring.

How to identify a "multitude of counselors" for business and leadership:

• Set your standard before you select your potential mentors and counselors
• Get a variety of people from a wide variety of experiences and expertise (CEO/ presidents, business school faculty, board chairpersons, etc.)
• Vary the age of your potential mentors and counselors (peers, elders, Baby Boomers, etc.)
• Vary their level of education (drop-outs, MBA and seminary graduates, readers, Ivy League, lifelong lea and others)
• Know their stories (successes and struggles...know that they are human)

Understand that you are seeking people out and accepting those who God sends your way as well.  You may not find as much as you discover that already exists around you.