Live Webinar Feb 26th, 2014 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

You Need a Sponsor to Fast-Track Your Career!

What’s the difference between a mentor and sponsor?

Think of mentors as the friendly guides who dispense helpful information, offering up input and advice to mentees.

Sponsors, on the other hand, are defined by their organizational clout and ability to open doors; they will personally advocate for a cause, project or promotion on a protégé’s behalf.

Women, it’s time to get a sponsor.

And, while it is commonplace for a protégé to initiate a mentor relationship, in sponsorship the dynamic is often reversed. Here, it’s the sponsor who often does the choosing.

This webcast outlines what a sponsor is and explores the short-term and long-term benefits of building a sponsor relationship.

Best practices will also be shared from women leaders who have successfully engaged sponsors to drive their career advancement.

This program addresses what a sponsorship is—and isn’t—using specific examples of sponsors and high-performing employees currently being sponsored.

Join Selena to learn how you can find and develop a sponsor relationship, including:

• Why sponsorship is a career and business imperative
• Steps to engage potential sponsors: one inside your company and one outside the firm
• The etiquette of cultivating and managing the sponsor/protégé relationship

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Selena Rezvani (LinkedIn profile)is a recognized authority on women and leadership and is a leading author, speaker, and consultant regarding women and the workplace. She Assists companies to elevate women into leadership through assessment, the design of gender-inclusive policies, and coaching. She writes columns on women and leadership for the Washington Post and Forbes, she is the author ofThe Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School, and Pushback: How Smart Women Ask-and Stand Up-for What They Want..

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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