Our Mission
Strengthen the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) enterprise by: 1.) increasing awareness of the importance of cross-gender mentoring 2.) providing a mentorship and leadership development program for women that retains and optimizes their talent.
Our Pillars
Educating Leaders
Provide executive leadership development training through partnerships with academic institutions and corporate leaders.
Connecting Leaders
Cultivate professional mentoring relationships between talented junior women and proven senior leaders, both men and women, who are committed to developing and retaining talent in the U.S. Special Operations community.
Our leaders agree
"Leaders must actively seek mentors."
"SOCOM needs diversity, we need people of color, we need men, we need women to help us solve problems that we deal with today."
"Now more than ever, our nation needs the best leaders available to protect and advance our national security, both men and women. Young women cannot rely solely on hard work to achieve success. They need mentors and role models, both men and women, to guide them and develop their leadership skills through experience and education. PROMOTE fills this critical gap."
WHY NOW
Each service component has its own policies and manuals on mentor and professional development programs intended to guide servicemembers throughout their careers. However, research shows that particularly for women, a lack of mentorship and leadership development continues to plague the U.S. military, resulting in reduced retention. Women with mentors and effective leadership skills promote a stronger and more diverse SOCOM enterprise. Men and women leading together ensures the special operations community has leaders with varied problem-solving skills and experiences to meet the nation's challenges.
The importance of networking
"As an ambitious young woman...it’s imperative you network, not just laterally but also vertically, not just with women but also with men."
Join our movement to transform mentorship and career development.