DiversityInc » sponsorship http://www.diversityinc.com DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Will Your New Mentoring/Sponsorship Program Succeed? http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/will-your-new-mentoringsponsorship-program-succeed/ http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/will-your-new-mentoringsponsorship-program-succeed/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:30:09 +0000 Stacy Straczynski http://www.diversityinc.com/?p=20581 Find out how BASF started a mentoring program and Deloitte has had a successful one for years, culminating in formal cross-cultural sponsorship.

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]]> Patricia Rossman of BASF and Kelvin Womack of DeloitteFormal cross-cultural mentoring programs are increasing at DiversityInc Top 50 companies because, our data show, they increase diversity in management representation. Forty-six percent more managers in DiversityInc Top 50 companies participate in mentoring today than five years ago, and 100 percent now have formal mentoring programs (up from 72 percent in 2007). How can your company successfully launch a cross-cultural mentoring or sponsorship program?

In our diversity web seminar on mentoring and sponsorship, BASF’s Chief Diversity Officer Patricia Rossman, and Deloitte Consulting’s Kelvin Womack, Principal, Lead Client Service Partner, Federal Health Practice, and Managing Principal, Diversity, discussed:

  • How BASF Successfully Launched a Mentoring Program: The company utilizes an eHarmony-style digital system to match mentors and mentees, which increases engagement and customizes each mentoring pair for optimal results.
  • Why Sponsorship at Deloitte Drives Careers: The company’s pilot Navigation to Excellence formal sponsorship program nationally paired 15 Black, Latina and Asian women with sponsors. Participants reported improved relationships with senior sponsors, networking and communication skills.

Additional insights from BASF and Deloitte include:

  • Relationship Must-Haves: What you need to formalize and integrate mentoring and sponsorship programs into your corporate culture.
  • Benefits of Formal Programs: How are they different from informal programs and why companies opt to formalize their talent development.
  • Metrics & Data: What are the best metrics to assess progress, especially involving retention, engagement and promotion?
  • Consistency: How to achieve a sustainable program at your organization.

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]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/will-your-new-mentoringsponsorship-program-succeed/feed/ 0 The Difference Between Mentoring, Coaching and Sponsorship http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/the-difference-between-mentoring-coaching-and-sponsorship-2/ http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/the-difference-between-mentoring-coaching-and-sponsorship-2/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:00:49 +0000 Barbara Frankel http://diversityinc.com/?p=14709 What are the three crucial relationships you need to move up?

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]]> Difference Between Mentoring Coaching SponsorshipMentoring, coaching and sponsorship—they’re three terms that have become buzzwords about talent development in corporate America. But what exactly is the difference between them? More importantly, how do you know which one you need—and can you have more than one?

The Difference Between Mentoring, Coaching and Sponsorship provides answers to these valuable questions that every professional should know, from entry-level staffers to the top executive ranks. It tells you tips on how to find the best mentors, coaches and sponsors.

The article serves as a primer, giving readers an easy-to-understand definition of mentoring, coaching and sponsorship. Readers will discover:

  • The difference between someone who talks with you, talks to you and talks about you
  • Why the cross-cultural component of all three is critical to promotion rates and valuable to senior executives serving as mentors
  • Why networking is important and how to make it fit into the overall talent-development model
  • Why having more than one mentor, coach and sponsor make you career-savvy

For more best practices on mentoring and talent development, read Mentoring Roundtable: How Mentoring Improves Retention, Engagement & Promotions and Increasing Diversity in Talent Development.

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]]> http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/the-difference-between-mentoring-coaching-and-sponsorship-2/feed/ 0 Diversity Web Seminar on Mentoring & Talent Development: 5 Strategies to Increase Diversity in Promotions http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/how-mentoring-increases-promotions/ http://www.diversityinc.com/mentoring/how-mentoring-increases-promotions/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:36:59 +0000 the Editors of DiversityInc http://diversityinc.com/?p=14904 How can talent development enhance the diversity of human-capital results in management? Diversity experts from Sodexo and Deloitte reveal in our diversity web seminar how to get your formal, cross-cultural mentoring programs to yield viable results.

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]]> Web Seminar Mentoring Jodi Davidson Joni SwedlundTalent development, in particular mentoring, is a critical component in your organization’s ability to increase diversity in its management pipeline. But how can you get your programs to yield viable results in talent development?

The DiversityInc Top 50 companies have demonstrated that formal, cross-cultural mentoring programs, with the participation of senior executives, successfully enhance the diversity of human-capital results in management.

In this 90-minute diversity web seminar on mentoring and talent development, Jodi Davidson, director of diversity and inclusion initiatives for Sodexo (No. 2 in The 2012 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity), and Joni Swedlund, lead client service partner, Federal Financial Services Practice, Deloitte (No. 8), discuss how cross-cultural mentoring has increased engagement, retention and promotions at their organizations and what specific programs have delivered success in talent development.

Watch Diversity Web Seminar on Mentoring: 5 Talent-Development Strategies to Increase Diversity in Promotions.

The diversity web seminar also provides comprehensive information in talent development on:

  • What metrics your company should measure for program success
  • The philosophies and outcomes of sponsorship and mentoring at Sodexo
  • Why measuring mentoring progress should be a key priority for your organization
  • How Deloitte makes a business case for its mentoring and sponsorship programs, and how you can, too
  • Why sponsorship helps women at Deloitte progress up the ladder to senior management and get promoted

Watch Diversity Web Seminar on Mentoring: 5 Talent-Development Strategies to Increase Diversity in Promotions.

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