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Mentoring and Sponsoring Keys to Success

Mentoring and Sponsoring

Maria Angela Capello · Eve Sprunt

Mentoring and Sponsoring Keys to Success

Maria Angela Capello Houston, TX, USA

Eve Sprunt Dublin, CA, USA

ISBN 978-3-030-59432-9 ISBN 978-3-030-59433-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59433-6

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For Alessandra and Claudia, Maria Angela Capello For Emmett, Eve Sprunt

Foreword

This book on mentoring and sponsoring is a wonderful compilation of interviews from leaders in positions of influence. Their professions vary from engineers, geoscientists to a highly regarded tennis coach to sociologists to orchestra conductor and academics. Every one in this seemingly eclectic group had a genuine enthusiasm for helping young professionals. Regardless of the interviewee’s profession and definition of mentoring and sponsoring, I found commonality in every interview. The overarching theme is that every person was genuinely passionate about caring for people, with respect and trust being key ingredients to a successful relationship. Whether these interactions were formal or informal, I found that each had humility and humor when speaking about their mentor and sponsor roles. It is interesting that many did not realize until they were advanced in their careers or maybe even during the interview that they had mentors and sponsors or that they were mentors and sponsors. We on the more senior side of our careers will gain insight into the young professionals we mentor or sponsor in the last sections of the book— The other side of the coin: the mentees. Ask yourself the question: Is our mentoring and sponso