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<\/p>\n\u201cStacie might not remember this,\u201d Wright begins, \u201cbut during our first meeting she said to me, \u2018Are you interested in technology?\u2019 And while I had more of a healthcare-leaning focus at the time, I was also smart enough to know that if a lawyer at a leading technology company was asking, my first answer had to be yes, and then I would just have to do my diligence after.\u201d And she did her diligence, including diving into contracts, which would be valuable as she laid the groundwork for getting hired by Cisco. \u201cThis is not an overnight story because I did not work at Cisco till many years later, but I credit Stacie with preparing me for the opportunity and opening that door,\u201d LeGrow says. Wright also singled out LeGrow\u2019s approach to feedback. \u201cStacie is not afraid to give transparent feedback,\u201d she says. \u201cI need to know my weaknesses because that\u2019s how I grow, so I do appreciate that she\u2019s created that comfortable space for me to get her true opinion on things.\u201d LeGrow knows, however, that not all lawyers can handle feedback as well Wright. \u201cOn the other hand,\u201d she says \u201cI\u2019ve never had to give her much feedback. I knew Cisco was going to stretch her because her background was in compliance, and she hadn\u2019t done a lot of commercial technology work. When I put her on one of our biggest accounts, I knew she would put in the sweat equity to get up to speed.\u201d What about mentorship and sponsorship and the role each plays in professional development? \u201cIt\u2019s really the mentee\u2019s job to stay in touch with their mentor,\u201d Wright says. \u201cThe mentor must be willing to continue the relationship, but the mentee is the driver of that relationship.\u201d \u201cI wasn\u2019t Tracy\u2019s only mentor, and now that she\u2019s in my reporting line, I\u2019m not really her mentor as much as I am her sponsor,\u201d says LeGrow. \u201cI think that\u2019s also a great message for your readers, and particularly law students. It\u2019s important to have more than one mentor because they can help you with different things that you\u2019re struggling with. I might not be able to help Tracy as a woman of color because I don\u2019t have the same experience. We talk about inclusion and diversity issues all the time, and Tracy\u2019s educated me on her experiences, but sometimes you need more than one mentor and that\u2019s an example why.\u201d\u00a0Read more at CCBJ.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this interview with Corporate Counsel Business Journal, Stacie LeGrow, VP and Deputy GC for Americas Sales with Cisco, and Tracy Wright, principal corporate counsel with Cisco, discuss the evolution of their working relationship, and insights they have drawn regarding talent development, mentoring and sponsorship. \u201cStacie might not remember this,\u201d Wright begins, \u201cbut during our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[7471,17663,1600],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-37947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-evolution","tag-relationship","tag-working"],"yoast_head":"\n
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