{"product_id":"the-doors-you-can-open-rosalind-chow-9781541702752","title":"The Doors You Can Open: A New Way to Network, Build Trust, and Use Your Influence to Create a More Inclusive Workplace","description":"\u003cb\u003eOrganizational psychologist Dr. Rosalind Chow turns the concept of networking on its head, taking readers on a transformative journey beyond the standard model of mentorship to embracing sponsorship. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We all want to build more diverse and inclusive workplaces, but many of us are struggling to figure out how. In \u003ci\u003eThe Doors You Can Open\u003c\/i\u003e, organizational researcher Rosalind Chow highlights the ways in which traditional models of networking and mentorship are failing us and introduces us to a new, more effective model of support: \u003ci\u003esponsorship\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What's the difference between mentorship and sponsorship? Mentorship involves helping a mentee change their behavior, while sponsorship involves changing how \u003ci\u003eother people\u003c\/i\u003e see a prot?g?. Sponsorship is as important, if not more, than mentorship in determining who gets ahead, making it a more effective way to promote social equality and inclusion in the workplace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chow shows us that a paradigmatic shift to sponsorship need not be scary. Most of us already engage in sponsorship in our personal and professional networks; we just haven't had a name for what we are doing. Seeing sponsorship for what it is and knowing how to do it effectively means that we can channel those skills to build more authentic personal and professional relationships. We all have more agency and deeper networks to draw on as sponsors than we might think. Sponsoring others can lead to mutually beneficial lifelong connections rather than merely transactional interactions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on decades of original research, \u003ci\u003eThe Doors You Can Open\u003c\/i\u003e makes a bold case for completely changing the way we network. It will change how we see and use our relationships in the service of creating stronger workplaces for all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosalind Chow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541702751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541702752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.25w x 0.97d","brand":"Rosalind Chow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46334710612223,"sku":"9781541702752","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc4267fc-f81c-4665-b895-c067afbc6928.jpg?v=1731467563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-doors-you-can-open-rosalind-chow-9781541702752","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}