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How Women Can Turn Mentors into Career Advocates
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the crucial difference between mentors who advise and sponsors who advocate. They dissect the 'advocacy gap'—why women often have plenty of mentors but few sponsors actively championing their advancement. Drawing on a 2024 study from the Center for Talent Innovation, they reveal that women are 54% less likely than men to have a sponsor actively advocating for them, and they unpack why this gap widens at midcareer. Lucas and Luna discuss practical strategies for converting a mentor into a sponsor, including how to make your ambitions explicit, how to…
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