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What a sponsor actually does A name, a stretch, credit — dated.
What you’ll be able to do Identify the practical implication of “What a sponsor actually does” and apply it to one live DHS decision connected to Career Mentorship and Sponsorship. Compare the responses to this question and explain your choice: What should happen before the work is locked? Document a next step for What a sponsor actually does: Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed. Sponsorship is a move Say the name when acting is discussed.
Give a stretch that is real work, with cover.
Share credit in the room that counts.
Coffee is not a substitute for the gate.
Put this lesson to work What you can change You control whether what a sponsor actually does changes a live DHS process connected to Career Mentorship and Sponsorship or remains information on a page.
What to watch for The team completes the learning, keeps the same default, assigns no owner, and never checks who carries the burden.
Your next step Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.
Fictional working example
Make the assignment a real opportunity A fictional employee is offered a stretch assignment. These annotations show what the offer needs beyond encouragement.
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The work Name the assignment, its purpose and the decisions the employee can make.
Examine this clause An opportunity needs enough authority to do useful work. Ask what success would look like and how it will be evaluated.
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The support Agree on time, workload coverage and someone who can help.
Examine this clause Extra work without coverage can turn a development offer into a burden. Discuss support before the person accepts.
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The recognition Agree how the employee's contribution will be described where decisions are made.
Examine this clause Give accurate credit for the work. A sponsor can make the contribution visible without speaking over the person.
Try it with the work Which part of this offer is missing from a stretch assignment you have seen? What would make the opportunity usable?
Draft an assignment note with the work, authority, support and credit in the lesson notes.
Carry this forward A name, a stretch, credit — dated.
You control whether what a sponsor actually does changes a live DHS process connected to Career Mentorship and Sponsorship or remains information on a page.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.
Completion is shown by a scenario decision and a saved one-minute commitment.
Choose one live work object, name a change or formal escalation, assign an owner, and set the date the result will be reviewed.
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Previous lesson Next lesson Carry this into practice Distinguish mentorship from sponsorship and examine who gets access to each opportunity.
Return to the experience: What did you notice or try, whose perspective informed it, and what would you keep or adjust?
Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.
