What is the difference between a mentor and a sponsor? In your opinion, would you say that women usually have strong links or weak links with their mentors? Would the gender of the mentor affect this?

Organizational networks and mentoring

1. What is the difference between a mentor and a sponsor?
2. Give an example of a person in your network with whom the relationship is a weak link. Explain why you would call it a weak link.
3. Give an example of a person in your network with whom the relationship is a strong link. Explain why you would call it a strong link.
5. In your opinion, would you say that women usually have strong links or weak links with their mentors? Would the gender of the mentor affect this?