Mentor vs. Sponsor

By Clare Hefferren | September 3, 2010 |

Harvard Business Review, Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women, asserts women are over mentored (leadership development, executive presence, professional development, relationship building) and under sponsored (strategic, exposure, networking, promotion positioning). Setting aside sweeping gender accusations, what can we do to help both genders? I agree it is challenging to effectively place mentoring and…

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Righteous Rotnem

By Clare Hefferren | July 16, 2010 |

leadership development tip | Last Friday I attended a Step Up Women’s Network professional development power breakfast. Nancy Ruscheinski, President & COO of Edelman US, spoke on “How to Ignite Creative Thinking”. Of many ideas shared, a week later I am still talking about Rotnem. Rotnem (mentor spelled backwards) is a reverse mentorship program Edelman rolled…

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