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
Kimberly-Clark Corporation – One WIN One Women’s Interactive Network (Practices)
In 1995, Kimberly-Clark (K-C) established its Women's Interactive Network (WIN). Since its first year, WIN has grown from a campus-level…
The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? (Report)
This report includes a series of questions for the reader to reflect about why disparities in career advancement may persist.
Sponsoring Women to Success (Report)
Lately, organizations and the media have given sponsorship widespread attention, but questions abound.
Fostering Sponsorship Success Among High Performers and Leaders (Tool)
This is a tool designed for current sponsors, those looking to become a sponsor, and protégés.
CH2M HILL – Sponsoring Women into Critical Roles (Practices)
Bill Dehn, Executive Vice President, understands the power of sponsorship. As former head of North American Operations for engineering and…
Deutsche Bank – ATLAS Accomplished Top Leaders Advancement Strategy (Practices)
Deutsche Bank's Accomplished Top Leaders Advancement Strategy (ATLAS) sponsorship program was launched in 2009 with the goal of improving the…
Citi – Women Leading Citi (Practices)
Women Leading Citi is a firm-wide, targeted effort to support high-performance women participants who possess the potential to move into…
Kaiser Permanente – Achieving Our Mission and Growing the Business Through the National Diversity Agenda (Practices)
Kaiser Permanente's initiative, Achieving Our Mission and Growing the Business Through the National Diversity Agenda, makes diversity and inclusion central…
McDonald’s Corporation – Freedom Within a Framework: Global Women’s Initiative (Practices)
At McDonald's Corporation, a strong commitment to inclusion is embedded in the business plan and corporate values. This perspective led…
Mentoring: Necessary But Insufficient for Advancement (Report)
This report examines the impact of mentoring on the career advancement of high potentials.
Credit Suisse – Reverse Mentoring: Engaging Generational Difference (Practices)
Credit Suisse's Reverse Mentoring: Engaging Generational Difference pairs senior leaders with junior employees to educate senior employees about diversity, provide…
AB Volvo – Walk the Talk (Practices)
Implemented in 1998, Walk the Talk seeks to promote greater awareness and understanding of gender and leadership issues and their…
PepsiCo, Inc. – People Processes (Practices)
PepsiCo has established very robust People Processes that integrate multiple HR initiatives including performance management, talent development, and career development.…
Humana, Inc. – Building High Potential Talent With the Women in Leadership Program (Practices)
Humana, Inc., began its executive coaching program, Women in Leadership, in 2006. Participants were selected based on potential to advance…
Booz & Company – Middle East Women’s Leadership Initiative (Practices)
In 2005, the founder of Booz & Company's Middle East Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI)—the most senior woman in the region—began…
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. – Networking Initiatives for Multicultural Women (Practices)
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., is not new to promoting diversity. In 2007, the firm's initiative, Securing Talent and Excellence…
Deloitte LLP – The Women’s Initiative: Living the Lattice (Practices)
Deloitte LLP's The Women's Initiative: Living the Lattice builds on the success of the Task Force of the Initiative for…
RBC – Client First Transformation: Achieving Business Results and Cultural Revitalization Through Diversity (Practices)
RBC's initiative, Client First Transformation: Achieving Business Results and Cultural Revitalization Through Diversity, embeds diversity and inclusion (D&I) principles into…
Telstra Corporation Limited – Next Generation Gender Diversity: Accelerating Change for Women Leaders (Practices)
Telstra's initiative, Next Generation Gender Diversity: Accelerating Change for Women Leaders, uses an integrated approach to increase women's representation at…
Campbell Soup Company – Winning in the Workplace, Winning in the Marketplace, Winning With Women (Practices)
Campbell Soup Company's comprehensive initiative, Winning in the Workplace, Winning in the Marketplace, Winning With Women, has utilized employee engagement,…