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Finding Your Tribe

Mastermind groups are quietly gaining steam. Can peer mentoring solve your problems?
KEEPING IT CONFESSIONAL For the past three years, this Chicago-based mastermind group has been meeting monthly to tackle everything from org charts to growth strategies.

XZA HIGGINS was drowning. In five short years, her production company, Parent & Co., had grown from conducting a series of intimate, local gatherings to presenting more than 20 annual events across North America, connecting tens of thousands of parents with brands. Parent & Co. was clocking midseven-figure revenue and double-digit growth—yet Higgins still had all 16 employees reporting directly to her. “My day would be non-stop questions from direct reports, and I needed to figure out how to keep the company culture positive while getting shit

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