Ideas Love Community

The Mentors Who Change Our Lives with CEO Missy Chicre

Episode Summary

Every career has a story about a time when someone opened a door or spoke your name in a room you weren’t in. In this episode of the Ideas Love Community Podcast, Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson sits down with Missy Chicre, CEO of Menttium Corporation, for a heartfelt conversation about the relationships that shape our lives and careers. Together, they unpack how the greatest leaders build successful businesses by building people. Through stories of family, mentorship, generosity, and courageous leadership, Missy shares why investing in someone else's potential is one of the most meaningful acts we can do. As Jacque has discovered on her journey to having 1,000 Cups of Coffee with total strangers, a single conversation filled with generously shared stories can alter the course of your career and life. Get ready. Ideas love community.

Episode Notes

Success is rarely achieved alone. Behind every leader is a community of people who encouraged, challenged, and believed in them along the way.

In this episode of the Ideas Love Community Podcast, host Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson welcomes Missy Chicre, CEO of Menttium, for a thoughtful conversation about mentorship, authentic leadership, and the relationships that shape our personal and professional journeys.

Throughout the conversation, Jacquelyn and Missy explore how one meaningful connection can open doors, create opportunities, and inspire people to step into their full potential. Together, they discuss why the best leaders don't simply manage people, they invest in them through mentoring.

Missy shares insights from her years of leading one of the nation's premier mentoring organizations, while Jacquelyn reflects on the people and conversations that have influenced her own journey as an entrepreneur, speaker, and community builder.

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In This Episode, You'll Discover:

• Why one mentor can completely change the direction of a life.
• The leadership lessons Missy learned from her father that still guide her today.
• Why curiosity is one of the greatest leadership superpowers.
• How meaningful relationships create opportunities credentials alone cannot.
• The difference between managing people and helping them become who they're capable of becoming.
• How mentoring builds stronger leaders, healthier organizations, and more connected communities.
• Why generosity and genuine connection create visibility that lasts.
• How investing in another person's potential becomes part of your own legacy.

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About  Missy Chicre

Missy Chicre is the Chief Executive Officer of Menttium, a woman-owned, woman-led mentoring organization that has helped develop leaders and strengthen organizations for more than three decades.

A passionate advocate for authentic leadership and human-centered workplaces, Missy is committed to creating mentoring experiences that help people grow personally and professionally while strengthening the organizations they serve.

She is especially passionate about advancing women in leadership and supporting working mothers as they navigate both career and family. Named one of Women We Admire's Top 50 Women CEOs of 2025, Missy is a sought-after speaker, LinkedIn Top Mentoring Voice, and trusted voice on leadership, mentoring, and gender equity. Her work has been featured on WCCO | CBS News Minnesota, and her insights on mentoring are highlighted in Alison Fragale's bestselling book Likeable Badass.

Connect with Missy Chicre

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missy-chicre/

Menttium: https://www.menttium.com/

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