Sponsorship is essential to advance women and people of color into senior leadership positions. “We now have almost 400 people in our sponsorship program globally… These were all high performing people for a long period of time. They were all people we knew had upward mobility,” said Nancy Wolfe, SVP,…
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It Took 126 Years for Vogue to Hire a Black Photographer for Cover Photo
Anna Wintour, who has been editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988, has never given control over the magazine’s cover, and she’s never hired a Black photographer for it. Tyler Mitchell, 23, a New York University graduate and Instagram sensation, who has shot campaigns for Givenchy and Marc Jacobs, will shoot Beyonc…
Phylicia Rashad was Chadwick Boseman's Mentor and Sponsor Paving the Way to Wakanda
Having a mentor, an advisor and a sponsor, someone who uses his or her influence to help advance another’s career, is critical in every profession including acting and directing. Years before Chadwick Boseman starred in Marvel Studios’ blockbuster film”Black Panther”as T’Challa, King of the fictional African nation Wakanda, he was…
TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson: Validate Trust That Mentors Have in You
Roger Ferguson is the President and CEO of TIAA. TIAA ranked No. 27 on the 2017 DiversityInc Top 50, up six spots from a year ago. The organization ranked on DiversityInc’s Top 50 for the fifth consecutive year, due largely in part to Mr. Ferguson and his direct reports’ strong,…
Misty Copeland: A Ballerina Offers Lessons in Mentoring, Sponsorship
Updated April 29, 2016 At age 13 Misty Copeland was discovered at her local Boys and Girls Club of America and encouraged to take ballet classes. Even though she started at what is considered a late age in ballet, it became clear she was a prodigy with the high potential…