Articles, books and research reports about Sponsorship and Executive Presence are available on the websites of the Center for Talent Innovation and Harvard Business Review.

Among them are:

• Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career By Sylvia Ann Hewlett
• Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit AND Success By Sylvia Ann Hewlett
• Sponsor Effect 2.0: Road Maps for Sponsors and Protégés By Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Melinda Marshall and Laura Sherbin, with Barbara Adachi
• Cracking the Code: Executive Presence and Multicultural Professionals By Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Noni Allwood, Karen Sumberg and Sandra Scharf, with Christina Fargnoli

Available at www.talentinnovation.org/Research-and-Insights/

• The Relationship You Need to Get Right (HBR, Oct. 2011 edition) By Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Melinda Marshall, Laura Sherbin
• The Real Benefit of Finding a Sponsor (HBR, Jan. 25, 2011) By Sylvia Ann Hewlett
• The Sponsor Effect: Breaking Through the Last Glass Ceiling (HBR, Jan. 12. 2011) By Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Kerrie Peraino, Laura Sherbin and Karen Sumberg

Available at hbr.org