MAKING CAREER SPONSORSHIP A CONSCIOUS PRACTICE

Sponsors accelerate careers. Today, male leaders tend to sponsor (in the majority of the cases unintentionally) male talent. In this interactive workshop and panel event, you will discover first-hand the transformative power of career sponsorship, what it is and how to get it right for your company with the aim to increase the number of female sponsees.

Whether you are in HR and have identified your talent and want to accelerate their careers or are a leader who sees the value in sponsoring female talent, this exchange is for you. 

Together with Syngenta's Best Practice and speakers from SAP and IBM, we will explore how to create awareness and accountability for career sponsorship: supporting your senior leaders to understand the difference between mentorship and sponsorship and commit to doing it. On the other hand, how you can empower women to be bold and deepen the relationships they already have – it’s a two-way street.

Furthermore, you will learn how to counter inherent bias by being ‘intentional’ with sponsorship – whether it’s a program designed specifically for women in tech, or an individual leader saying to themselves ‘I am going to sponsor someone different from me’. Intentionality can keep you on track.

Finally, what’s in it for sponsors? There’s an altruistic and an egotistic reason for leaders to sponsor people – and that’s ok – a win-win leads to greater success!