5 Relationships You Need to Build a Successful Career
In the initial stages of your career, one of the most important things you can do is build relationships that will have a significant impact on your life over time. These five relationships can accelerate your path to a promotion, increase your visibility within an organization, and stretch you beyond your comfort zone into to the leader you aspire to be. Mentor: A mentor can help you broaden your functional expertise, grow your emotional intelligence, and learn your company’s unwritten rules. Sponsor: While mentors give you advice and perspective, sponsors advocate on your behalf and in some cases, directly present you with career advancement opportunities. Partner: A partner is an ally or peer who can serve as a sounding board to broaden your perspective. This relationship is fueled by trust, a shared drive to succeed, and the recognition that you can do better together. Competitor: Competition between peers is inevitable. And, when used correctly, it leads to improved performance, breakthrough ideas, and greater drive to get things done. Mentee: Becoming a mentor will teach you how to bring out the best in others, recognize their strength, give feedback, and coach. In turn, it will push you to be better and to strive for more.
How Do You Find a Decent Mentor When You’re Stuck at Home?
Research has shown time and time again that employees who have mentors tend to succeed with job promotions, salary growth, and decreased burnout. But in a time of social distancing, it’s become harder to meet new people and form mentor-mentee relationships. Despite the challenges to socializing in person, there are still ways to connect with potential mentors.
60% of male managers now say they’re uncomfortable mentoring women
Currently, 60% of male managers in the workplace say they're uncomfortable with mentoring, working one-on-one or socializing with a woman, according to a survey released by LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey. That's a 33% increase from last year.
To Maximize Human Capital Investment, Understand And Promote Sponsorship
A new report from the Center for Talent Innovation highlights the importance of sponsorship, as distinct from mentorship—an essential business relationship that is frequently misunderstood and unrecognized but crucial for talent development and diversity and inclusion efforts.
Find a Tough Mentor, You’ll Thank Them One Day | Jamie Miller | Pulse | LinkedIn
We need to change how we think about mentorship. Too many people still think of a mentor like Yoda -- an older sage, descending from his lofty perch to deliver timeless wisdom that will guide them along the trajectory of their careers.