Mentorship and executive sponsorship is key to fixing the talent pipeline to get more women, LGTBQIA+, and underrepresented minority groups to the c-suite. Thanks Antonia Cundy and Financial Times for giving me the chance to share the work Close the Gap is doing to bridge the potential gap for youths from underrepresented and low-income backgrounds! -- Tai Tran, president and co-founder of Close the Gap, a foundation in the US to help students from low-income backgrounds fulfill their potential by providing mentorship and financial support, says the problem is tied to attracting the next generation of talent. “The pipeline starts early on,” he says. “It’s a kind of chicken-and-egg problem: if I want to have a more diverse team, I’ve got to have more diverse people in leadership.” He adds: “When you go on to a company’s website and look at the leadership team, you start wondering, do I see myself being part of that leadership team? So you need to see people that look like you.” …see more