The doors you can open A new way to network, build trust, and use your influence to create a more inclusive workplace
Book - 2025
"According to conventional wisdom, our social networks are a resource to exploit, and getting ahead means extracting value from our social connections. But according to Dr. Rosalind Chow, this an antiquated notion is also useless in today's society and workplaces and doesn't account for the fact that not everyone starts on equal footing in the workplace. Based on decades of original research analyzing social hierarchies, corporate environments, and gender and race relations, The Doors You Can Open makes a case for completely changing the way we network. To increase the number of women and BIPOC employees in our organizations, particularly in senior roles, we need sponsorship, not mentorship. Our social networks can and should... be used on behalf of others"--
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2nd Floor New Shelf | 302.3/Chow | (NEW SHELF) | Due Sep 4, 2025 |
- Subjects
- Published
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New York, NY :
PublicAffairs
2025.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- 273 pages ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781541702752
- Introduction
- 1. How to Network Like a Sponsor
- 2. A Matter of Trust
- 3. Small-Town Living in a Big City
- 4. We Don't Know Who We Don't Know
- 5. The Problem with Merit
- 6. What It Means to Share
- 7. The Different Forms of Sponsorship
- 8. To Create and Confirm Is to Show and Tell
- 9. Protecting Without [Resorting to] Power
- 10. Time to Stretch
- Appendix
- Trusted Ten Worksheet
- Stretch Sponsorship Ten Worksheet
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index