The Sponsor Effect, Sylvia Ann Hewlett
The Sponsor Effect, Sylvia Ann Hewlett
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The Sponsor Effect
How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others

Author: Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged: 4 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/20/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Many people know the benefit of finding a sponsor—someone who goes beyond traditional mentorship to partner with a junior-level employee to help build their skills, advocate for them when opportunities arise, and open doors. But few realize that being a sponsor is just as important to career growth as finding one.

According to new research from economist and thought leader Sylvia Ann Hewlett, senior executives who sponsor rising talent are 53 percent more likely to be promoted than those who don't. Similarly, middle-level managers who have proteges are 167 percent more likely to be given stretch assignments. Well-chosen proteges contribute stellar performance, steadfast loyalty, and capabilities that you, the sponsor, may lack, thus increasing how fast and how far you can go. But how do you find standout proteges, let alone develop them so that they're able to come through for you and your organization?

This book has the answers you need. Combining powerful new data and rich examples drawn from in-depth interviews with leaders from companies such as Unilever, Aetna, Blizzard Entertainment, and EY, The Sponsor Effect provides a seven-step playbook for how you can become a successful sponsor.

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 Alireza on December 25, 2020

This book is about the impact of sponsorship. It offers a playbook to build a potent relationship and discovers extraordinary payoffs. Sponsorship at its best is a long-term investment whose benefits keep compounding over the years and decades. Hewlett shows how powerful this legacy payoff can be. T......more

Goodreads review by Reginald on June 14, 2020

Very good read Insightful regarding sponsorship vs mentorship. Mrs. Hewlett gives great insight on not only the importance of sponsoring junior talent, and how beneficial it is for the sponsor.......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on November 02, 2019

Good luck at the importance of investing in others as a leader.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on March 17, 2019

To be reviewed in the July-August issue of Global Business and Organizational Excellence.......more

Goodreads review by Julia on May 23, 2019

I received an ARC in exchange for honest review. This was a very good, and fairly quick leadership read on empowering other leaders through a concept called Sponsorship. What I appreciated about this book is it clearly painted a picture of the what, why and how - elements not always found in leaders......more