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Robin. Advice for Young Women and Working Mothers

I asked Robin what she considered to be the best advice she had ever been given and what advice she would pass along to a young woman.  She said: “I think we have an advantage as women. I always tell young women that because there are so many more men in business than women, we have an advantage.  Any decent male citizen would want women to get ahead just because of diversity and the fact that there are so few willing to stick it out, the ones who do have an advantage.  It’s that whole story about having kids and women are the only ones that can do it, so you have to respect that and give the woman an ...

What is the difference between sponsors and mentors? Another perspective.

This question took me on a long and cathartic journey through my corporate career. At first, I just rummaged through my memory identifying pivotal people and events that would qualify for each of the categories but then I decided to get organized and prepared a 3 column chart – Mentor/ Mentor-Sponsor/ Sponsor. The chart in the end (after all the column switching) fairly reflected my experience with the three groupings and I was now in a position to properly answer the question – or at least try to.   Before presenting my findings, it may be helpful to understand how I defined each category: A mentor was someone, at both my own seniority level and also one or ...