How to Get Your Sponsor Through Good Effective Proven Networking Strategies

All too often, talented and capable young women leaders are at a loss at how to start their career progression because they have fewer visible, relatable representative mentors in the field ahead of them. This chapter is a collection of thoughts and advice from our Women Leaders in Healthcare (Asia) group (WLH Asia) on how they will advise a 28- to 35-year-old emerging leader on what is the best practice to network and find a mentor for career success. Networking has to be a conscious career skill as women leaders start at a disadvantage to most men in the healthcare industry and the numbers have not shown any progress for decades.