Effective Sponsorship for Protégés

An organization’s ability to attract and keep great talent, remain competitive, relevant, and prosperous in the future depends on its ability to cultivate diverse people on every level of the company, especially at the top. In order for capable individuals to excel within any organization, it requires hard work and dedication, but it also takes opportunity, relationships and investment in those individuals by more senior leaders. This dynamic video course teaches skills for sponsoring across difference for protégés.

This course is designed to be used for all sponsorship relationships, at all levels. Vernā defines the role of sponsors and outlines how protégés can help make the sponsor-protégé relationship work. She describes three successful approaches for protégés: Be open to commonalities and differences; take responsibility for your career; and be aware of biases – yours, your sponsors and others. Using stories and examples, Vernā describes types of biases, specifically internalized bias, and how to counter them. She shares concrete tips that protégés can follow to be effective in cross-difference relationships in their organizations.