Women's History Open Thread: Honoring Our Mentors

As our guest blogger Emily Jasper noted earlier this week on 9 Ways, mentors are particularly important for helping us develop a leadership style, and to shape our professional development. Who have been your mentors? What role have they played in your life? A new study released by Catalyst suggests that women need more than mentors, they need people who will sponsor them proactively into top leadership roles.

Do you agree? Have you had a sponsor? Have you been a sponsor?

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  1. GMBDaly on March 19, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    Mentors have played an amazing role in my career. A true mentor does great things for others without ever wanting credit. A true mentor motivates, encourages and inspires. Mentors come in the forms of friends, colleagues, teachers, coaches, bosses, etc. We are all the result of mentors in our lives.

  2. Liz on March 19, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    I am lucky to have a mentor/sponsor/amazing friend: Lee Caraher, president of PR and marketing firm Double Forte. http://www.double-forte.com/.

    And if you define a mentor as someone who inspires you to achieve, then Gloria, you fit the definition.

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