6Preliminaries
Gentlemen, it is time to get started. We’ve established that— like men—women have a better shot at success when mentored. And in many organizations, women with a male mentor go further and get paid more.1 Yet, too often women struggle to secure a mentor of either gender,2 and if they do happen to attract the attention of an accomplished male at work, they may be disappointed by his “ bro-oriented” mentoring strategies, strategies that might work for that “dude” down the hall but that ultimately leave her feeling misunderstood, further isolated, or forced to hide her genuine career ambitions and life priorities.
We acknowledge right up front that mentoring women won’t always be easy. At times, cross-gender mentorships ...
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