Cultivate Sponsorship
Cultivate Sponsorship Social Impact Evaluation Report
VISIBILITY. CLARITY. CONNECTION. The Ripple Effect of Sponsorship.
How Cultivate’s structured sponsorship model is transforming leadership pathways and wellbeing for women across industries.
Grounded in Indigenous wisdom, this sponsorship model is co-created with First Nations and leaders to elevate culturally significant leadership. Sponsorship that respects identity, legacy, and lived experience. Built with the community, not just delivered to it.
VISIT WARRA
Support senior women and underrepresented talent to gain visibility, strategic insight, and influence across the business. Grow your next GMs and execs from inside. No more hoping people “step up.” Now they rise, backed.
VISIT WILLOWMeasurable Results
We track and report on what actually moves leadership forward:
- Leadership Visibility
How often key talent is seen, heard, and considered for opportunity. - Role Progression
Movement into strategic roles and increased leadership responsibility. - Retention Rates
Staying power of sponsored talent within the organisation. - Sponsorship Longevity
How long and how well the sponsor–sponsee relationship delivers outcomes. - Readiness for Strategic Leadership
Observable, promotable behaviours aligned to executive-level decision-making.
Cultivate installs strategic leadership infrastructure inside organisations to unlock high-potential talent, embed inclusive culture, and prepare future leaders.
Cultivate Monthly | October 2026
Cultivate MonthlyOctober 2026 Through a culturally diverse lens The ambition is there.It isn’t reaching the room. 61% of culturally diverse women* have a career plan 26% share their ambitions with their manager *Culturally and linguistically diverse respondents to Women’s Workplace Visibility in 2026. Read the full report Cultivate Sponsorship: Activating
Cultivate Monthly | Visibility Report Edition, October 2026
Special editionSeptember 2026 New national research with Women’s Agenda Ambition isn’t the problem.Invisibility is. We’ve been told women self-select out of leadership. 372 women told us something else. 55% want a promotion in the next three years 12% say a lack of skills or experience is what’s holding them back
Cultivate Monthly | September 2026
The Invisible Architecture of Leadership A note from Kat Katriina Tahka, Founder & CEO This time of year is often the point when leaders either re-energise or quietly begin to drift. This month, I explore something most organisations have never clearly defined: the architecture that determines who gets seen, who
Notes from Inari
In July, I travelled to Inari in Finnish Lapland, which is properly referred to as Sápmi, with Carlyn, to sit with Sámi women and listen to how they think about leadership. I want to share what I took from that trip, not as research findings, but as my personal reflection.