Mentorship & Sponsorship
summary
Sponsorship, not just mentorship, directly moves careers: studies show people of color are nearly twice as likely to be satisfied with advancement when sponsored, and women in STEM are 70% more likely to have ideas endorsed, 119% more likely to see them developed, and 200% more likely to see them implemented. Practical tactics include doing visible work, asking for specific sponsorship (e g put my name in the ring), offering updates and reciprocity, creating a manager Voltron of diverse sponsors, and sponsoring small visible moments like shadowing or meeting introductions.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Mentorship and sponsorship intro
- 3:36Understanding mentorship and its benefits
- 9:52Mentorship vs coaching
- 12:20Sponsorship power
- 16:36Finding sponsors
- 21:13Manager Voltron network
- 23:41Why sponsorship for underrepresented
- 26:50Sponsor others now
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