Sponsorship and Mentoring
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.
Results
GE Healthcare – Catalyst D&I Logues (Practices)
GE Healthcare works to make sure their employees can bring their best to work. Learn how.
EY Global Delivery Services India – Catalyst D&I Logues (Practices)
Learn how EY Global Services India takes full advantage of the diversity in each of their teams.
SHARE Ask Deborah: What Does It Take To Prepare The Next Generation For Leadership? (Blog Post)
There are many qualities that are associated with great leaders. At Catalyst we have found that the best leaders exhibit the EACH behaviors: Encouragement, Accountability, Courage and Humility. But how do we prepare future generations for leadership?
Top Takeaways: Catalyst Connects In NYC (Blog Post)
Since 2008 the Catalyst Connects series has provided an opportunity for women senior executives to share their advice and inspirational success stories with an audience of high-potential women.
#NationalMentoring Month: Key Elements to a Successful Mentor Relationship (Blog Post)
In this installment of our National Mentoring Month series Manvi Pant, a CRM professional at A.T. Kearney in India, shares how she met her mentors.
My Friend, My Mentor: The Benefits Of Peer Mentoring in the Workplace (Blog Post)
I am one of the lucky few to have a best friend at work. My co-worker, and yes, best friend, and I have been able to develop our careers due to each other’s support, guidance, and mentorship.
#NationalMentoring Month: Women of the Dream Founder Leslie Morris Talks About the Importance of Mentoring (Blog Post)
As part of our National Mentoring Month series, we caught up with Morris to chat about the influence that mentors have played in her life.
Ask Deborah: Breaking New Ground (Blog Post)
Instead of answering a question this month, I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a question. Actually, make that two questions: “Who has championed you?” and “Who can you champion?”
Catalyst Sponsorship Guide (Tool)
This Sponsorship Guide details relevant research, case studies, and quotes from leaders related to the importance of sponsorship relationships.
The Things We Cannot See: Changing What We Think, Want and Believe When It Comes to Girls and Power (Blog Post)
Changing the face of leadership and combating gender bias begins by inspiring and empowering girls at a young age. Rachel Simmons, Girls Leadership Co-Founder recently penned a piece on the importance of creating a culture where women can thrive.
Maximizing Mentoring and Securing Sponsorship (Webinar Recording)
This webinar explored how sponsorship helps combat the three key barriers to women’s advancement: exclusion from informal networks, lack of role models, and gender stereotypes, and how sponsorship can have […]
Why Helping Women Become Financially Savvy Is My Life’s Work (Blog Post)
I have always sought to pay that karmic debt forward. I’ve written and spoken extensively about the importance of women in finance mentoring other women.
Manulife Japan – Developing Women Talent (Practices)
Manulife Japan is enhancing women employees' capability to develop, advance, and grow their representation in leadership levels.
Profiles In Disruption: Why Mentorship Is Key (Blog Post)
Serving as our career confidants and coaches, mentors inspire us to work harder and push further.
コーチ、メンター、スポンサー:違いを理解する(インフォグラフィック)
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Ask A Catalyst Expert: How To Get A Sponsor (Blog Post)
A mentor will talk with you, but a sponsor will talk about you.
Chevron Corporation – The Chevron Way: Engineering Opportunities for Women (Practices)
Chevron’s initiative, The Chevron Way: Engineering Opportunities for Women, is designed to strengthen the organization by increasing the company’s focus on people, in particular by attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing […]
Coaches, Mentors, and Sponsors: Understanding the Differences (Infographic)
You can't get ahead without help from other people. Find out how different people can help in different ways.
High Potentials in Tech-Intensive Industries: The Gender Divide in Business Roles (Report)
This report identifies the gender gap women experience working in business roles in tech-intensive industries from day one.
Moss Adams LLP – Forum W: Increasing Opportunities for Women in Public Accounting (Practices)
By developing a women's network, Moss Adams achieved many key objectives for their women employees.