January 16, 2024 – SMI^®, a nonprofit neighborhood of healthcare provide chain organizations, congratulated its top notch of mentees on finishing their groundbreaking management program referred to as Advancing Girls Leaders (AWL). This twelve-month program brings collectively a mentor, sponsor and mentee pair from SMI member organizations to advertise ladies into senior-level management roles. SMI celebrated its first cohort of 9 mentees on the SMI Fall 2023 Discussion board in Nashville. View the listing of mentees right here and be taught extra about this program.

SMI's Advancing Girls Leaders (AWL) program goals to shut the gender hole in senior govt positions by guiding aspiring ladies to leverage their networks and work alongside a sponsor and mentor, making a extra numerous healthcare provide chain . SMI members nominate a mentee, an rising chief from their group, and advocate for the mentee inside their group as their sponsor. Mentees are paired with a mentor – a senior healthcare provide chain chief from SMI's membership – who gives profession growth steerage.

SMI collaborated with the McGuckin Group, a expertise innovation firm, to develop this first-of-its-kind program, which incorporates one-on-one mentoring, networking, peer-to-peer studying, workshops and self-assessment instruments.

SMI launched Cohort 2 for the Advancing Girls Leaders program in October. Sixteen college students have been introduced on the SMI Fall Discussion board and can now embark on this twelve-month program with their mentor and sponsor. See the listing of Cohort 2 mentees.

For extra details about SMI, its packages and its member neighborhood, go to: www.smisupplychain.com.

Learn extra within the newest situation of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting.