Strategic Relationships at Work: Creating Your Circle of Mentors, Sponsors, and Peers for Success in Business and Life

The business leader’s guide to becoming a workplace mentor
Business leaders need mentors, too. In fact, the most successful CEOs seek mentors from various points of their lives—bosses, colleagues, spouses, friends, and even people who work for them.
Strategic Relationships at Work explains why mentoring works, why leaders need multiple mentors, and how to identify potential mentors and proactively develop mutually beneficial relationships with them. It provides actionable advice that applies across the many stages of a career.
Wendy M. Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College. She also serves as the Coordinator for the Mentoring Programs through the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (CWEL).
Kathy E. Kram is the Shipley Professor in Management at the Boston University School of Management.