Mentors Aren’t Enough: What Women Need to Advance

Equity in the workplace is still, well, a work in progress. With only 23% of U.S. senior leadership business roles being filled by women, organizations are grappling with how to develop new leaders.

In this piece from Gallup, they suggest that women need more than mentors to grow their careers and advance to leadership positions. Instead, organizations should be identifying “career investors” to support the growth and development of female leaders.

“Investors empower women by using their own significance, leadership status or network to provide a platform for a female employee’s accomplishments to shine. This investment often results in visibility and career acceleration that mentorship perhaps doesn’t, especially in industries and environments without a precedent of women in leadership.”