The New Archetype

Navigator · AI advancement coach

Your next move to senior leadership, made this week.

An AI coach for women of color rising into senior leadership, built from Dr. Monica Dominguez's doctoral research on how twelve women reached the top. Grounded in the ASCEND framework and eight named tactics, not generic career advice.

Free · about ten minutes · no signup to see your result. Or create an account.

The ASCEND framework

Six moves that recurred across twelve separate paths into senior leadership. The coach reasons from these and eight tactic cards drawn from the research.

A

Author Your Narrative

Make your work legible to the people who decide.

S

Secure Sponsors

Move from over-mentored to deliberately sponsored.

C

Cultivate Connection

Build a networked base, not lone excellence.

E

Embrace Authentic Brand

Authentic authority, past code-switching.

N

Navigate Bold Risks

Calculated boldness over readiness-gating.

D

Draw on Resilience

Sustainable strength, not endurance.

What you can do inside

Coach

Bring what's in front of you: a review, a slight, a stretch role. The coach diagnoses first, names the tactic, and gives you the next move. It will role-play the hard conversation so you can rehearse.

Career Pathways

Map your next 2-3 years. Set the target, capture your real profile, and turn the biggest gaps into concrete moves this year.

Network Map

See who actually sponsors you versus who only mentors you, find the under-sponsored gap, and get one specific outreach move to close it.