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Forget a mentor, find a sponsor : the new way to fast-track your career / Sylvia Ann Hewlett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781422187180
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HF5381 .F674 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
How sponsorship works -- Embrace your dream and do a diagnostic -- Scan the horizon for potential sponsors -- Distribute your risk -- Understand that it's not all about you -- Come through on two obvious fronts -- Deliver a distinct personal brand -- Lead with a yes -- Sex -- Distrust -- Executive presence -- Epilogue : castles.
Subject: Who's pulling for you? Who's got your back? Who's putting your hat in the ring? Odds are this person is not a mentor but a sponsor. Mentors can build your self-esteem and provide a sounding board--but they're not your ticket to the top. If you're interested in fast-tracking your career, what you need is a sponsor--a senior-level champion who believes in your potential and is willing to advocate for you as you pursue that next raise or promotion.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction HF5381 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn865508615

Includes bibliographies and index.

Why sponsorship? -- How sponsorship works -- Embrace your dream and do a diagnostic -- Scan the horizon for potential sponsors -- Distribute your risk -- Understand that it's not all about you -- Come through on two obvious fronts -- Deliver a distinct personal brand -- Lead with a yes -- Sex -- Distrust -- Executive presence -- Epilogue : castles.

Who's pulling for you? Who's got your back? Who's putting your hat in the ring? Odds are this person is not a mentor but a sponsor. Mentors can build your self-esteem and provide a sounding board--but they're not your ticket to the top. If you're interested in fast-tracking your career, what you need is a sponsor--a senior-level champion who believes in your potential and is willing to advocate for you as you pursue that next raise or promotion.

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