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Inside the Cultivate Sponsorship Program with Sarah
“The program was such a positive experience for me. It allowed me to reflect on where I was and where I wanted to be. I …
Sponsorship Myth Busters.
At Cultivate we define Sponsorship as a strategic alliance between a senior leader and an emerging leader. Sponsors believe and invest in the careers of …
How sponsorship shaped my career pathway.
Research has proven time and time again that the main reason people leave jobs is their manager, and a lack of career development opportunities. In …
Male Leaders Dedicated to Sponsoring Women for Accelerated Success
Consult Australia (through its Champions of Change Group) appointed Cultivate Sponsorship to build a customised sponsorship program to increase the proportion of women promoted and retained into leadership in member firms such as AECOM, GHD and Jacobs through effective sponsorship for all talent.
Mentors are failing to accelerate women’s careers: But there’s a solution
Smart Company, February 17, 2021
Why Mentors Are not Accelerating Women’s Careers.
For a long time, businesses have relied on mentorship, whether organically or formally acquired, as a resource for women to succeed in an organisation.
However, research has shown that mentorship, while adding some value to career paths, actually does not drive any actionable or direct change in women’s career progression.
Disrupting The Barriers To Women’s Career Progression
Law firms provide one of the more graphic examples of persistent gender imbalances of any sector. In Australia (as with both the UK and the …
