Effective mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching can quickly elevate your network and accelerate your career advancement. Emerging data show that people experience these three career boosters differently based on their gender, race, career stage, and practice type. Enhancing opportunities for mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching may help address the many challenges otolaryngologists face today – persistent disparities experienced by women and underrepresented minorities in medicine, burnout encountered by clinicians later in practice, and increasing pressures placed on academics and community practitioners alike. In this session, leaders and researchers will discuss the science behind mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching in surgery, medicine, and other fields. Additionally, panelists representing women across the career spectrum will share best practices that can be used in each career stage to ensure that you are optimizing your network, whether you are in academic medicine or community practice.