Career Guide

How to complete Career Guide

Real mentorship is sustained investment in one person's growth, not a single coffee chat. When you actively sponsor a junior colleague, their wins compound into your reputation as someone who builds people.

1. Pick someone whose growth you genuinely care about and commit to a regular 1:1 cadence
2. Give specific, actionable feedback instead of vague encouragement
3. Hand them stretch assignments slightly above their current level
4. Advocate for them by name in rooms they aren't in: promotions, projects, raises
5. Open your network and make introductions that move them forward

Tips

• Sponsorship (vouching for them) advances careers faster than advising from the sidelines
• Ask what they actually want rather than projecting your own path onto them

What counts as done

Your mentee hit a concrete milestone (promotion, raise, or new role) that you helped them reach.