Explore The Space Danielle Sarno on Mentorship, Sponsorship and the Art of Saying No
Jan 29, 2024
Dr. Danielle Sarno is the Director of Interventional Pain Management at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Harvard Medical School instructor. In this engaging discussion, she dives into mentorship and sponsorship, exploring effective strategies for supporting women in academia. Danielle emphasizes the importance of learning to say no, aligning opportunities with values, and the joy of genuine self-promotion. She also introduces the push-pull mentoring model and its role in alleviating mentor burden, all while celebrating progress in gender equity in medicine.
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Momentum Is Growing But Needs Collective Action
- Momentum for gender equity exists and is growing through conferences and conversations.
- Everyone in organizations must play a role to sustain and amplify that momentum.
Design Mentorship To Be Multifaceted
- Build multifaceted mentorship programs beyond the one-on-one dyad like small-group or speed mentoring.
- Institutions should protect mentor time and support varied mentorship formats to scale impact.
Mentoring Creates Invisible Labor
- Mentoring work often creates invisible labor that slows mentors' own career progress.
- The push-pull model lets mentees also advocate for and support their mentors to balance this load.