January 14, 2024- SMI® celebrated its second cohort of Mentees for completing their ground-breaking leadership program called Advancing Women Leaders (AWL). This 12-month program brings together a Mentor, Sponsor, and Mentee pairing from SMI member organizations for the advancement of women into senior level executive roles. SMI celebrated the second cohort of sixteen Mentees and launched the program’s third cohort at the SMI Fall Forum in Austin, TX.
See the list of Cohort 2 Mentees and learn more about this program here.
SMI’s Advancing Women Leaders (AWL) program strives to elevate leaders into Senior Executive Positions by guiding women to leverage their networks, and work alongside a Sponsor and Mentor in unison, thus creating a more diverse healthcare supply chain. As part of this program, SMI members nominate a mentee and participate in the program as their Sponsor. SMI Members serve as mentors, providing the mentee an opportunity to learn and gain valuable experience from outside their organization. As a result, 80% of the women leaders in the Advancing Women Leaders program have received a promotion during their first 12 months.
SMI has partnered with the McGuckin Group, a talent-innovation firm, to develop this first of its kind program, which includes one-on-one mentoring, networking, peer-to-peer learning, workshops, and self-assessment tools.
SMI launched Cohort 3 for the Advancing Women Leaders program in October. Fifteen mentees were announced at the SMI Fall Forum and will now embark on this 12-month program along with their Mentor and Sponsor. See the list of Cohort 3 Mentees.
To learn more about SMI, its programs, and its community of members, visit: www.smisupplychain.com