Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

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. Communicate your intention to advance your career.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This was a helpful realization – it reminded me that even in the most challenging of environments, you can identify positive elements to take with you. . I cut my teeth on corporate America there and have carried those lesson with me throughout my career. Field visits: We used to call them “ride alongs.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more. If successful, they then were given responsibility for increasingly larger businesses.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Like it or not, most of us think about career success in terms of moving up the hierarchy. Look," he said, "I currently have 10,000 people reporting to me and responsibility for the largest P&L in the company. Eventually Bill gave in and his new position was announced. It would be better if you just fired me.".

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