The experiences of both sponsors and the people they sponsor suggest that the best matches occur when: There is no direct reporting line (i.e., the sponsor is not the boss of the sponsee’s boss), but the sponsor has opportunities to observe the sponsee and to hear about how others perceive them.This “neither too near nor…
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