Today’s economic landscape has made the career management journey extra challenging. Employees have become more sensitive about how to best co-exist in a workplace environment that allows them to be who they naturally are. And beyond career advancement opportunities, people want their supervisors and leaders to be more in touch with who they are as people to assure that their career track is in proper alignment with and supports their personal and professional goals. Leaders become more valuable when they can prove to increase productivity, employee engagement and results by creating a teamwork environment that gets the best performance from everyone. This requires leaders to be strong mentors as well as sponsors who can help their colleagues better navigate workplace opportunities and catapult their careers. Beyond the traditional leadership roles and responsibilities, today’s workplace uncertainty requires leaders to be much more sensitive about what matters most to their employees. Everyone is different and leaders must be more mindful to embrace those differences and strategically leverage them to create and sustain unique opportunities within their departments and for the business.