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Sponsorship Is Support
A conversation with Cristina Massa and Julia González Romero
To get ahead at work, we need support from people besides our boss. Sometimes that comes in the form of mentorship, where a person with more experience gives us advice or guidance on how we can improve. But there is another kind of support that is equally if not more important: sponsorship, where someone with a lot of power in the company advocates on our behalf.
In this conversation with Women at Work cohost Amy Bernstein, we learn how two women, Cristina Massa and Julia González Romero, who work at a law firm in Mexico City, approach their sponsorship relationship to see what other women can learn from them.
AMY BERNSTEIN: Cristina, what was it that you saw ...
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