Senior Leaders are Misunderstanding the Role of Sponsorship--and Missing Out on its Rewards, According to New Research by the Center for Talent Innovation
Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) has found, time and again, that sponsorship or senior-level advocacy in the workplace produces career dividends for protégés and for their sponsors. Yet CTI's latest study shows that many who see themselves as sponsors are not performing the duties that are essential to these relationships. Of the nearly one in four employees who identify as sponsors, only 27 percent advocate for their protégé's promotion—the core purpose of sponsorship.
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