Finding Sponsors at Work

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1:17Oh my goodness. Well, that is tough, right? Because you've spent all that time and energy building those relationships and now they've exited stage left. Here's the thing. I want you to think about what you did that enabled you to build those initial sponsorship relationships. That's rule number one, right? You obviously were able to do it before. It means you're going to be able to do it again. I think the second piece is you have to sort of understand what makes a good sponsor for you. And you have to remember that what does a sponsor do? They advocate on your behalf. So you now need to put your radar on and look for who else are those individuals in the organization who, A, have the juice to advocate for you and secondly, would be willing to do so.

2:00And then you need to start building a relationship with them exactly the way you did it previously. So you know what you need to do. You just need to go out there and do it. Make sure to check out Coaching Real Leaders wherever you find your favorite podcasts.