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Sponsors are advocates in positions of authority who use their influence intentionally to help others advance, while mentors provide advice, feedback, and coaching. Both are important to advancement as employees navigate the workplace and earn opportunities for growth.

  • Catalyzing
    Take Five: Sponsorship

    When asked the reason for their success, most business leaders point to someone in their past who took more than a passive interest in their career and offered advice and championship at critical times. We know that having a sponsor who can provide access to the informal networks within an...

    September 14, 2012 by Deborah Gillis

  • Catalyzing
    Sponsorship: What’s in a Name?

    What does the word “sponsorship” mean to you? For Catalyst’s Sarah Dinolfo, Director, Research, at first it meant very little. But this changed as she uncovered the power influential sponsors had on her own career. In this post—the third in series by co- authors of Sponsoring Women to...

    November 30, 2011 by Sarah Dinolfo

  • Catalyzing
    Take 5: Mentorship and Sponsorship

    January is National Mentoring Month in the United States, an initiative geared for individuals, schools, and businesses to foster relationships between mentors and mentees and increase the number of mentors nationwide. When young people are mentored, they are less likely to drop out of school,...

    January 12, 2012 by Ilene H. Lang

  • The Catalyst Canada Honours Champions
  • Nominate a Champion

    To nominate a champion, please send the Nomination Form to canadahonours@catalyst.org by December 14, 2012.

    Nominees for The Catalyst Canada Honours Champions must:

    Company/Firm Leader: This Chief Executive Officer, President (in Canadian-incorporated companies or subsidiaries in which there...

  • Catalyst Announces The Catalyst Canada Honours 2012 Champions of Women in Business

    TORONTO—Catalyst Canada announced today that it will honour Gordon M. Nixon, President & CEO, RBC; Anne-Marie Hubert, Managing Partner, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young; and Jane Allen, Partner & Chief Diversity Officer, Deloitte Canada, with The Catalyst Canada Honours, which recognizes a...

    Date: 2012
    Region: Canada
  • The Catalyst Canada Honours

    At an annual Dinner and Conference, Catalyst honours individuals in each of three categories that reflect the unique and critical roles different types of leaders play in championing diversity:

    Recognizing that what’s good for women is good for business, these exceptional individuals are...

  • The Leadership Gap

    When an organization values women and men equally, the gender balance should be the same at the entry, middle, and senior levels. Yet women lag men in business leadership positions across the globe. Companies that exclude women from leadership lose out on half of the talent pool, and the...