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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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Inspire for Performance and Loyalty

In step one of the playbook, we looked at how top leaders identify potential protégés: the qualities successful sponsors look for in protégés, and the processes they use to find them. In step two I made the case for inclusion. When sponsors reach across the divides of gender, generation, and culture to find high-performing protégés with different identities, experiences, and skills, they win big—and their organizations do too.

We now turn to the next steps. After you’ve identified a diverse portfolio of protégés, how do you develop your picks? How do you inspire them with your vision and ignite their ambition, expanding their dreams of what they can accomplish on your team? And how do you instruct them, giving ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781633695665