EP21: Sponsorship and Equitable Access to Development in the Workplace - with Dr. Rubina Malik Artwork

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EP21: Sponsorship and Equitable Access to Development in the Workplace - with Dr. Rubina Malik

January 04, 2023 • Linda Stacy • Season 1 • Episode 20

Work Dope is a podcast on the messiness, and the potential, of humans, at work. In this episode, I chat with Dr. Rubina F. Malik. Rubina is a strategic advisor and a thought leader skilled at helping organizations looking for guidance on how best to engage, develop, retain, and promote the right candidates to move into top leadership roles.

Rubina is also a scholar (who teaches at Morehouse College, Atlanta GA) with a professional background in human resources, training and professional development, coupled with ten years of research, coaching and teaching experience. Learn more about Rubina’s work at https://rubinafmalik.com/ and here in the EBN article referenced in this episode, https://www.benefitnews.com/news/rubina-malik-on-upskilling-and-equity-in-the-workplace.

Rubina and I talk about:

Corporate sponsorship and the training programs Rubina brings to organizations in order to do two key things
- Upskill leaders so they understand the power of sponsorship
- Upskill high potential individual contributors so they can be seen as obvious candidates for sponsorship towards leadership
Rubina’s background and what brought her to this work…
What’s important to Rubina in terms of how she knows she’s valued in her professional environments

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