Finally, the principle becomes real in daily choices: sponsor colleagues into stretch roles, share credit publicly, open-source templates and playbooks, and practice transparent hiring. Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s distinction between mentorship and sponsorship—Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor (2013)—reminds us that advocacy, not advice alone, moves people upward. By tying personal goals to others’ advancement—asking, “Who climbs if I succeed?”—we transform progress from a solitary ascent into a widening path. In that widening, the promise of joined hands becomes growth that lasts. [...]
