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The Sponsor Effect
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The Sponsor Effect

by Sylvia Ann Hewlett
May 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
4h 8m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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#MeToo and the Third Rail

Sexual misconduct is the “third rail” for sponsor-protégé relationships: no one can touch it and emerge unscathed. But just as with a real third rail, no one will force you to go there, and some simple precautions can keep everyone out of harm’s way. The fear of sexual misconduct and its accompanying dangers isn’t a reason to avoid sponsorship; it’s a reason to do it right.

I hesitate to call the awareness of sexual harassment at work new, because many women and men have long been aware that a distressing number of men in senior positions will use their power to extract sexual favors. Sometimes they use physical force. Sometimes they offer benefits at work or threaten retaliation. When they’ve had what they want, ...

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ISBN: 9781633695665