#215 How to find a career sponsor

In this episode, Helen and Sarah borrow brilliance from the psychology of attachment styles and explore what this concept can teach us about working relationships. Sparked by a Harvard Business Review article on managing insecure leaders, they unpack the four main attachment styl ...  Show more

Asking for feedback can feel uncomfortable. What if you hear something you don’t agree with? What if it confirms your worst fears? And how do you ask without it feeling formal or awkward? In this Squiggly Shortcut, Sarah shares 3 simple ways to ask for feedback that actually help ...  Show more

Most of us think of mentoring a colleague as a one-way street—a gift of professional guidance and advice. But Sylvia Ann Hewlett says sponsorship needs to be a reciprocal relationship. Hewlett is an economist, consultant, and the author the book The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Be ...  Show more

Sponsorship is when someone influential in your organization advocates on your behalf to get you where you want to go. But the sponsor-protege relationship isn’t always clear-cut. We talk about what sponsors really do and what the protege’s role is. Guest: Rosalind Chow. Our them ...  Show more

In today’s episode of the Financial Feminist, host Tori Dunlap sits down with Lauren McGoodwin, founder of Career Contessa — a platform dedicated to helping advance women in their careers. Together, they dive into the intricacies of workplace dynamics, salary negotiation strategi ...  Show more

Send a textKearney is one of the world's top consulting firms - interesting work, great people, supportive culture. Careers at the firm are highly coveted, but to get in, you have to pass a series of case interviews. Today, we're bringing you one of those interviews.Tune in as Ma ...  Show more