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How Senior Leaders Use Sponsors Not Mentors
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why sponsorship—not just mentorship—is the real accelerator for senior leadership. They dissect a 2025 study from the Center for Talent Innovation showing that executives with sponsors are 23% more likely to get a promotion into the C-suite than those with only mentors. Using the case of a former PepsiCo executive who credits her CFO role to a sponsor who advocated for her in a closed-door compensation committee meeting, they explain the difference between advice and advocacy. Lucas breaks down the three specific…
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