How to Help Your Protégée Project the Right Image

Screen Shot 2016-02-25 at 8.32.28 AM‘Soft skills’ advice is needed, especially with ‘double bind’ issues.

By Ida O. Abbott
Sponsoring Women: What Men Need to Know

Feedback is important at any level of professional development.

MORE ON SPONSORING WOMEN FOR LEADERSHIP FOR PRO MEMBERS: How to Promote Your Protégée to Coworkers | Can You Afford to Be a Sponsor? | Fears of Innuendo, Gossip Impede Development | Bias Persists Against Women with Children | Why Men Don’t See Women as Leaders | 18 Ways to Boost Your Protégée

But for a woman trying to become a leader, honest, clear and practical feedback is essential. She needs to know both how well she is performing and how to project the image she wants others to have of her.