Just had an interesting article called “When I Hire You, I’m Hiring Your Mentors’ Judgment” written by Adam Bryant and he interviewed Ilene Gordon, CEO of Ingredion for this article come over my desk and it hit home.

Standing at the crossroads I can see that I have to tackle what I do with a team and see it as a project and count on that Plan A might fall through and Plan B, C or D needs to be in place and to have someone I could lean on and consult with when the Plans are falling apart.

Needless to say I don’t have my team in place and that is the first thing I need to get back into place. A team I can consult with and who knows me better than I do. What I already have is a potential target list of companies I am considering to contact to work with as an independent contractor.

I can see now that I have put the cart in front of the horses. I need to get my horses into place first.

That hard part will be….who to ask and where to start….

Looking in my tickle file of articles I have kept over the years I came across and article written by John Warrillow titled “How to Pick a Mentor: Take a Cue From Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt” that gave me some great tips.

Here comes the challenge to find the individuals who do or have done successfully what I would like to do in the future.