Positive Links Speaker Series
Presented by the Center for Positive Organizations (University of Michigan)
Event Details:
The Doors You Can Open: Networking, Building Trust, and Using Your Influence to Create a More Inclusive Workplace
Rosalind Chow
October 28, 2025
3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Free, registration required
Event link:
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/the-doors-you-can-open-networking-building-trust-and-using-your-influence-to-create-a-more-inclusive-workplace/
About the Talk:
Mentors talk to you, sponsors talk about you.
Drawing from her research on power, status, and social hierarchy and experience building executive leadership programming, Dr. Chow transforms our understanding of networking and career advancement by differentiating sponsorship from mentorship. She will discuss the core ideas from her book, The Doors You Can Open, sharing how looking for opportunities to be a sponsor – rather than a beneficiary of sponsorship – can change how we approach our relationships, build trust, and elevate others, ourselves, and our communities.
About Chow:
Rosalind Chow is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research, teaching, and writing focus on how we all participate in social systems in ways that have implications for the maintenance or attenuation of inequity. Her current research focuses on how people can use their social connections to elevate others via sponsorship.
Chow serves as the faculty director for CLIMB, offered through the Tepper School of Business in partnership with Deloitte. CLIMB focuses on preparing Black and Latino professionals for leadership positions in the accounting industry. Prior to CLIMB, Chow served as the founding faculty director for the Executive Leadership Academy, an executive leadership program addressing the challenges facing the advancement of Black leaders in the Pittsburgh region.
Chow holds a BA in Psychology from Columbia University and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with her husband, Jeff Galak, and their two children, Lia and Simon.
Stay connected with Rosalind:
LinkedIn profile
Personal website
Host:
Monica Worline, Faculty Director, Center for Positive Organizations