Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor, Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor, Sylvia Ann Hewlett
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Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor
The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career

Author: Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Narrator: Karen Saltus

Unabridged: 4 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/01/2014

Synopsis

Who’s pulling for you? Who’s got your back? Who’s putting your hat in the ring? Odds are this person is not a mentor but a sponsor. Mentors can build your self-esteem and provide a sounding board—but they’re not your ticket to the top.

If you’re interested in fast-tracking your career, what you need is a sponsor—a senior-level champion who believes in your potential and is willing to advocate for you as you pursue that next raise or promotion.

In this powerful yet practical book, economist and thought leader Sylvia Ann Hewlett—author of ten critically acclaimed books, including the groundbreaking Off-Ramps and On-Ramps—shows why sponsors are your proven link to success. Mixing solid data with vivid real-life narratives, Hewlett reveals the “two-way street” that makes sponsorship such a strong and mutually beneficial alliance. The seven-step map at the heart of this book allows you to chart your course toward your greatest goals.

Whether you’re looking to lead a company or drive a community campaign, Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor will help you forge the relationships that truly have the power to deliver you to your destination.

About Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation, a Manhattan-based think tank where she chairs a task force of eighty-two multinational companies focused on fully realizing the new streams of labor in the global marketplace. Her book Forget a Mentor: Find a Sponsor was named one of the ten best business books of 2013 and won the Axiom Book Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on September 08, 2024

This is a terrible, cynical, awful book. And much like Machiavelli's The Prince, it is basically 100% correct in its thesis. Hewlett came out of a Welsh coalmining village to go through Cambridge, an econ PhD, then American academia, and then a pivot to thought leadership in talent development. Her......more

Goodreads review by Anna on March 11, 2018

The book is easy reading and accessible but at the same time controversial. Mostly, may seem to be counterintuitive to the idea of working hard and getting noticed / promoted solely on this basis. Let's be clear upfront: sponsors choose top performers who will get things done so make no mistake in th......more

Goodreads review by Katie on April 08, 2017

I like the distinction between mentor and sponsor - but that's about all I liked about the book. I got the audiobook for free and it was short at least.......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on October 06, 2019

Good read for professionals - mentors are great but what really amplifies your career will be sponsors who advocate you & speak up for you when you're up for promotions and other opportunities.......more

Goodreads review by Dax on November 02, 2021

Very interesting concepts that I look forward to using. My one frustration with this book is one I have with basically every nonfiction self-improvement book out there. Gender-neutral language exists and we all know how to use it. It will also appeal to cisgender folx. Instead of switching between h......more

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