How to Be Awesome at Your Job10 Nov 2025

1109: How to Find Great Mentors and Build Your Legacy with Dr. Deborah Heiser

Dr. Deborah Heiser discusses how and why to find mentors from all directions.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The fundamental human need that mentorship fulfills

2) Why most struggle to find mentors—and the simple fix

3) The unlikely places where you can find more mentors

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— ABOUT DEBORAH —

Dr. Deborah Heiser (Ph.D.) is an applied developmental psychologist, the CEO/Founder of The Mentor Project, and author of The Mentorship Edge: Creating Maximum Impact Through Lateral and Hierarchical Mentoring. She is a TEDx speaker, member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, Thinkers 50 Radar List, expert contributor to Psychology Today and is also an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at SUNY Old Westbury.

• Book: The Mentorship Edge: Creating Maximum Impact through Lateral and Hierarchical Mentoring

• LinkedIn: Deborah Heiser

• Substack: The Right Side of 40

• Website: DeborahHeiser.com

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• Book: Madame Curie: A Biography by Eve Curie and Vincent Sheean

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