I am honored to win the 2016 Community Media Rika Welch leadership award for community impact; a testimony to the Guests who shared their stories on MidLIFE Matters. In addition, an 2018 interview I did with Judith Altmann, a Holocaust Survivor, won an award. In 2020 and 2021 two other awards acknowledged the content of interviews dealing with Child Sex Trafficking in CT and Non-Profit leadership. In 2023 MidLIFE Matters won First Place for a Profile Talk Show.Sponsors vs. Mentors
Monday, April 8, 2013 at 08:31PM Sallie L. Krawcheck, a Wall Street star -- as well as a casualty, offers her honest perspective on why so few women make it to the top. In the NYT "Dealb%k" Special Section on 4/3/13, she asserted that very successful people have sponsors. She credits Sylvia Hewlett at the Center for Talent Innovation for advancing this concept.
Sheryl Sandberg had Larry Summers, who "pulled her along." Sallie had Chuck Cahn at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., as well as Sandy Weill at Citigroup. Proactive sponsors help people get visible assignments and promotions, vs. coaching from the sidelines.
I think women will know we've made progress when we are the ones pulling others along. In the same Special Section, Irene Dorner, chief executive of HSBC USA reflects that it wasn't unti she was 50 that she was in a position to champion organizational change regarding women. She urges the next generation of senior middle-management women to stand up and be counted earlier in the game.
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