Madeline Hislop, April 29, 2024

When we talk about sponsorship, there’s often a focus on how engaging with a sponsor can propel forward the career of a ‘sponsee’. For women in the early and mid stages of their careers, there’s no doubt it can be an invaluable experience, helping them to find allies at work and articulate their career aspirations.  

But, if we flip the script and focus on what senior leaders can get out of sponsoring a more junior colleague at work, there are some tangible benefits we can point to.

Recently, Women’s Agenda spoke to two senior leaders at SMEC, a global engineering, management and development consultancy, to learn about their experiences as sponsors in the Cultivate Sponsorship program.