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The Rewards of Mentoring :: Women on Business

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Stimmler , contributing Women on Business writer A few days ago I received an out-of-the-blue email from a former intern at my firm thanking me and my business partner “for being such fantastic mentors.&# And that being a mentor, either formally or informally, really does make a difference and can touch people’s lives.

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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

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Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company. Your mentor might be able to help identify and facilitate this.

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Navigate Your Path to Success

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Ask a colleague, friend, coach or mentor to hold you accountable this year and help you stay on track with your own personal navigation system. Related posts: Mentorship and success go hand in hand “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the. Here’s my suggestion: find a “GPS Buddy”.

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What Women Leaders Bring to the New Decade :: Women on Business

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We can spend time being thoughtful and finding those coming u behind us to mentor, to dialogue with and also to listen to. 1 Comments 1 Conny December 29th, 2010 at 2:21 am Hi, I really like your post! It’s interesting that as a species we not only can think, we can think about what we are thinking. It’s hard to hide, and.

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Ask for a Promotion :: Women on Business

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Be an Advocate for Yourself A recent Catalyst study demonstrates that mentoring does not help. Self-Promotion is a Must Have Skill Self-promotion is a must have skill in today’s marketplace. You’ll Never Know Until You Ask Is No really NO or is it an opportunity?

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Advocacy to Shift Culture

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The women certainly get increased access to career, organizational and market navigation insights as well as active advocacy of an influential member of leadership. As an executive coach, I often see highly skilled, talented women plateau in an organization largely due to lack of mentoring.

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The Prodigal Daughters of Business :: Women on Business

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When she tried to get back on the job market after 7 years, Aguilera says “a headhunter said that there was nothing he could do for me.” For Aguilera, that was just culmination of events, each more damaging to her career persona and self esteem, in her journey as a SAHM.