The Right Way To Find A Career Sponsor - Harvard Business Review

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by Sylvia Ann Hewlett

September 11, 2013
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As part of her employer’s mentoring program, every month Willa meets one-on-one with Joan, a former EVP at the same global financial services firm. Warm and nurturing, Joan is a tireless champion of working mothers like Willa, having herself negotiated a flex arrangement working out of her home in Connecticut while overseeing operations in India.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist, the CEO of Hewlett Consulting Partners, and an award-winning author whose books include The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others and Executive Presence 2.0: Leadership in an Age of Inclusion. She is also the founder and chair emeritus of the think tank Coqual.
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