The Secrets of Career Advocates, Mentors and Sponsors
What you'll learn
- How to work with advocates, mentors and sponsors to reach your career and business goals
- How to find the right mentor and get what you need from the relationship
- How to find a sponsor willing to give your career a huge boost
- Why advocating is so important - and how to do it well
Requirements
- Be excited to build your business
- Be driven to climb the career ladder
Description
Do you want to build your career or your business? No one makes it to the top alone. Savvy employees and entrepreneurs use advocacy, mentoring and sponsoring to help them reach their goals.
Do you know the differences between each of these 3 critical relationships?
Do you know what to ask a mentor, how to be a powerful advocate, or how to find a sponsor?
Most people know something, but they don't know the truth. In this course, we share that truth with you.
How can you use advocates to become known? What's the difference between a mentor and a sponsor? What are the secrets to finding the right mentor? How can you catch a sponsor's attention?
In 5 self-paced videos two successful women, one entrepreneur and one corporate executive, bust the myths. We share our real-life experiences and give you facts, so you can make these relationships work for you.
You will learn how to be an effective advocate, and how to encourage other people to advocate for you. You'll learn what a mentor is really for, how to find one who can make a difference in your career, and how to learn the most from your mentor. And you'll learn the biggest secret in the game - how to find a sponsor who will want to give your career or your business a big boost.
It's not just theory, either. We'll help you build an action plan that puts your new knowledge to work.
If you want to take your career or business to the next step, you need this course. Enroll now!
Who this course is for:
- Entry and mid-level executives
- Entry level corporate employees
- Women and Men age 20-40
- New entrepreneurs
- People interested in career development
Course content
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Instructors
![Marne Platt](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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- 21 Students
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Marne is a veterinarian with an MBA, a sense of adventure and strong belief in self-reliance. A successful clinical practitioner, corporate executive, author and entrepreneur, Marne is passionate about paying it forward: sharing her expertise and learning something new. She loves meeting new people, learning about new places, reading, writing, chocolate and of course, animals.
President of Fundamental Capabilities
Author of Living Singlish: How to Live a Fabulous Life as a Single Woman
Co-Author with Cindy Steiner of Professional Presence: How to Look, Sound and Act Like a Leader in Any Job and PREP For Success: How to Position Yourself and Your Requests to Get the Answers You Need.
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- 21 Students
- 1 Course
Cindy Steiner has been coaching CEOs, CFOs, other senior executives, and Venture Capitalists around the world for close to twenty years. She specializes in coaching executives on presenting to people from other cultures. Cindy is fluent in English, French, and Spanish, with working knowledge of German. She conducts business in three languages.