Mentorship and Sponsorship
Mentors and Sponsors: Your Career Musts!
We’ve heard about the importance of having mentors – and more recently sponsors – in our professional lives. In the past, when we think of “mentoring” we’ve generally thought of an older executive counseling a younger person, and the concept ... Read More »
A Mentor for Every Age
Mentorship is a word that’s often thrown out there when we’re talking specifically to young women. We think, somehow, that we only need a mentor when we’re in the beginning stages of our careers. The fact is, though, all women ... Read More »
Finding a Male Mentor
Here at Career Girl Network, we’ve talked a lot about the importance of female mentoring, sponsoring, and supervisory relationships. The notion of women helping women is key when we’re talking about changing the ratios for women in business and getting ... Read More »
Finding a Formal Mentorship Program
In my best Sally Struthers infomercial voice: “Do you want to find a mentor? Sure. We all do.” And while there’s no $1 per day way to get the best mentor for you, there are ways beyond LinkedIn and your ... Read More »
Aaaand Break! — Build Your Team For Professional Success
In my past life as a sales manager, I used to pose a question to my new sales staff members while they were in training: on the path to success, what is a salesperson’s biggest obstacle? They would think for ... Read More »
The 3 Career Mentors Everyone Should Have
You’re out there busy finding a mentor, right? Or maybe you’re looking for a sponsor. Or perhaps you’re just looking for a job. No matter the case, The Daily Muse recently published an incredible outline for exactly what kinds of ... Read More »
The Million Dollar Elevator Ride
It’s not often here at Career Girl that we recommend you read an article without at least giving you a snippet or quote from said article. This, however, is one of those times. And here’s why. In a recent article ... Read More »
Worth Equals Influence
Last week, Career Girl Contributor Marcy Farry brought us the article “Busyness Equals Worth?” In it, she talks about the tendency of our culture to equate busyness and general stress to value. Marcy encouraged us to equate more value in ... Read More »
How to Be a Smart Protégé
Whether the word you choose is “mentee” or “protégé”, being one is tough. Perhaps you’ve found a mentor (or mentors), maybe you’ve even created your own powerful Board of Directors who consider you their protégé and will continually help you ... Read More »
Mentor So That It Means Something
Dave Balter and Jennifer Lum over at Inc. recently published an article hailing the excitement of the start-up network that is growing steadily in the Boston are called “Mentor So That It Means Something.” Boston has successfully created an ecosystem ... Read More »
