Leaderly Quote: Mentors can help you skill up, but sponsors help you move up.
By Jo Miller
What’s the difference between a mentor and a sponsor?
Mentors can help you skill up, but sponsors help you move up!
In their 2010 article for Harvard Business Review titled Why Men Still Get More Promotions than Women, Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Silva reported finding that high potential women are over-mentored and under-sponsored relative to their male peers, and resulting in a slower rate of career advancement.
So if you are a high-potential woman, consider whether you might be over-mentored and under-sponsored. Do a network audit. Do you have mentors and sponsors in equal number?
Jo Miller
A leading authority on women’s leadership, Jo Miller is a sought-after, dynamic, and engaging speaker, delivering more than 70 speaking presentations annually to audiences of up to 1,200 women. Her expertise lies in helping women lead, climb, and thrive in their corporate careers. Jo has traveled widely in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East to deliver keynotes and teach workshops for women’s leadership conferences, women’s professional associations, and Fortune 1000 corporate women’s initiatives. Jo is CEO of leadership development, consulting and research firm Be Leaderly. Learn more about her speaking engagements at www.JoMiller.net and follow @Jo_Miller on Twitter.
By Jo Miller
What’s the difference between a mentor and a sponsor?
Mentors can help you skill up, but sponsors help you move up!
In their 2010 article for Harvard Business Review titled Why Men Still Get More Promotions than Women, Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Silva reported finding that high potential women are over-mentored and under-sponsored relative to their male peers, and resulting in a slower rate of career advancement.
So if you are a high-potential woman, consider whether you might be over-mentored and under-sponsored. Do a network audit. Do you have mentors and sponsors in equal number?
Jo Miller
A leading authority on women’s leadership, Jo Miller is a sought-after, dynamic, and engaging speaker, delivering more than 70 speaking presentations annually to audiences of up to 1,200 women. Her expertise lies in helping women lead, climb, and thrive in their corporate careers. Jo has traveled widely in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East to deliver keynotes and teach workshops for women’s leadership conferences, women’s professional associations, and Fortune 1000 corporate women’s initiatives. Jo is CEO of leadership development, consulting and research firm Be Leaderly. Learn more about her speaking engagements at www.JoMiller.net and follow @Jo_Miller on Twitter.
