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Accessible leadership pathways and sponsorship for staff with disabilities
Practice note. A practical approach from the Equity and Inclusion Operations Consultant. It is not policy.
For staff with disabilities, advancement barriers are usually structural and often invisible to the people who run leadership pathways. This…
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Mentoring, sponsorship, and reverse mentoring: three different things
Practice note. A practical approach from the Equity and Inclusion Operations Consultant. It is not policy.
Mentoring explains how things work. Sponsorship puts your credibility behind someone in a room they are not in. Reverse mentoring lets…
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Pay, classification, and advancement: what a supervisor can change and what needs a partner
Practice note. A practical approach from the Equity and Inclusion Operations Consultant. It is not policy.
Advancement barriers are often invisible: unclear pathways, visible work given by habit, and classification questions that no one owns. This…
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Stay conversations: learning why people stay before they leave

Practice note. A practical approach from the Equity and Inclusion Operations Consultant. It is not policy.

A stay conversation asks a current team member what keeps them, what would make them leave, and what they would change. It is a…