The active support of someone who is well-placed in an organization and wields significant influence on decision-making processes is key to career success. While mentorship and sponsorship have always existed organically in firms, there are concrete ways to ensure talented people are not left behind when it comes to meaningful career guidance and senior advocacy.
Our Mentorship and Sponsorship programs maximize this powerful relationship through a proven mentorship structure, with resources to guide it, training on best practices, and options for individual coaching and manager/sponsor support. We help participants build and deepen relationships, enable goal-setting and employee advocacy, and clarify the multiple hats within mentorship and sponsorship, resulting in a unified process for all participants and leaders.
For Mentees
- Access to leaders and role models
- Discuss ideas, strategies, concerns
- Skills development and career growth
- Greater visibility
For Mentors and Sponsors
- Broadens networks and access to information
- Increases coaching competencies
- Creates a legacy and increases professional satisfaction
For Organizations
- Employee retention and satisfaction
- Increased diversity in the talent pipeline
- Culture building
Mastering Mentorship: Effectively & Efficiently Developing Others
Enhance the effectiveness of existing mentorship programs or successfully launch a program with AWC’s guides, best practice training, and ongoing consulting.
Optional Program Assessment
- Discuss initial goals and engagement objectives.
- Survey or interview current program participants and stakeholders for the current state.
- Review existing program and recommend modifications to be more effective.
Best Practices Training
- Live training about mentorship, including the three hats of mentorship, foundational skills, and how to kick off and drive the relationship.
- Handout and guide with a mentorship timeline, including the first meeting agenda and relationship-building strategies.
Ongoing Consulting
- Review of feedback and surveys during the program
- Ongoing consulting with program leaders to address gaps and topics
- Optional Executive Coaching options available.
"Feedback was quite positive. People really responded to the suggestions around structure, shifting their mindset to thinking of themselves as coaches/advocates (even if not in a “pound the table” way), not just advisors, and ideas of how to increase trust."
—Sponsor, Global Private Equity Firm
INDIVIDUAL
COACHING
In moments of transition, our customized Executive Coaching and Parental Transition Coaching engagements grow leaders, prepare expectant parents, and move organizations forward. Our programs meet an individual’s specific challenges and achieve seamless transitions, keeping careers on track and retaining key talent.
TEAM LEADERSHIP
PROGRAMS
Our signature cohort training program equips your mid-level “connecting” leaders to effectively and empathetically lead high-performing teams, focusing on delegation, feedback, and self-management (prioritization, planning, and time management). Bridge programs for junior and senior colleagues reinforce the same best practices at each level of the firm.
ORGANIZATION-WIDE
INITIATIVES
Our group programs are cost-effective ways to scale skill-building, deepen internal networks, and encourage standard tools and language across the firm. We customize all training to your organization and can create bespoke training and keynotes on targeted topics.
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