Sponsorship and Mentoring
Sponsors are advocates in positions of authority who use their influence intentionally to help others advance, while mentors provide advice, feedback, and coaching. Both are important to advancement as employees navigate the workplace and earn opportunities for growth.
Results
Managing with a Sponsorship Mindset: Why Sponsorship Isn’t Enough
Mentoring is essential to leadership development—but mentorship alone is not enough to help women advance.
WEBINAR: Managing with a Sponsorship Mindset: Why Mentorship Isn’t Enough
Mentoring is essential to leadership development—but mentorship alone is not enough to help women advance.
Sponsorship and Mentoring: Ask Catalyst Express
Understand the difference between role models, coaches, mentors, and sponsors with data and resources on mentorship and sponsoring women in…
How Parexel Won the Catalyst Award
Representation of women in senior leadership at Parexel increased across each job band level globally between 2014 and 2021.
How Boston Scientific Won the Catalyst Award
Between 2017 and 2020, women in executive leadership roles at global organization Boston Scientific increased from 12.5% to 26.7%.
Dear Senior Leaders, You Need to Sponsor More Women (Blog Post)
Catalyst COO Stacey Bain shares how to up your sponsorship game.
CANCELLED: Managing With a Sponsorship Mindset: Why Mentorship Isn’t Enough
Catalyst research can support managers in adopting a sponsorship mindset to develop and grow a thriving team.
Managing With a Sponsorship Mindset: Why Mentorship Isn’t Enough
Catalyst research can support managers in adopting a sponsorship mindset to develop and grow a thriving team.
Leading With a Sponsorship Mindset: Knowledge Burst
Sponsorship not only accelerates women’s careers; it increases your skillset as an inclusive leader. Learn actions you can take today.
Advancing Gender Parity Through Sponsorship (Webinar Recording)
Learn what executive sponsorship is and how you can use it to create a path forward for women at your…
Supporting Refugee Women Through Mentorship (Webinar Recording)
Learn about the new initiative from Europe Catalyst EMEA and Tent Partnership for Refugees to mentor refugee women in Europe.
Supporting Refugee Women Through Mentorship
Hear from Tent on how mentorship plays a crucial role in integrating refugee women to advance career development.
LinkedIn Live: Our Path to the Boardroom
Learn how mentorship and sponsorship helped from Kiren Singh and Anne Taylor secure board seats in this LinkedIn Live event.
The Balance of Sponsorship (Webinar Recording)
Webinar: The Balance of Sponsorship
Learn how sponsorship can help women advance their careers.
COVID-19: Don’t Let the Crisis Go To Waste
Catalyst President & CEO Lorraine Hariton joins our partners at Global Mentor Network for this timely conversation and will share…
Catalyst Community: Navigating These Uncertain Times, A Global Perspective
Join us to learn more tips on how to continue momentum to advance women during times of disruption.
Unilever: Changing the Game, Unlocking the Future (Practices)
Unilever combines balanced talent management practices, flexibility options, and coaching to create a company-wide inclusive culture.
New York Philharmonic’s Deborah Borda on Building Diverse Teams (Blog Post)
"If we have more women in leadership roles, we’ll have a broader talent pool and better music," says Deborah Borda…
Strategies for Career Advancement: The Importance of Sponsorship (Webinar Recording)
In this webinar, Lorraine Hariton and Deborah Borda discuss their respective careers and share strategies for securing sponsors.