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Create a Fast Track to Onboard Executives in Your Organization

This seminar is exclusively for CEOs of healthcare provider organizations.

Whether promoting an executive from within or hiring someone new to the organization, the first 100 days on the job are critically important.

This seminar offers a new industry standard for best practices in executive transitions. The model presented is an executive onboarding primer to help individuals understand the political and cultural landscape in a new organization.

Your toolkit for transitioning executives will include clearly defined steps to:

• Establish an effective onboarding system in your organization

• Avoid the pitfalls and risks of promotions and transitions

• Assess opportunities for early wins

• Guide your new hire to reach his or her point of effectiveness with the fewest missteps

Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with other hospital CEOs to explore a creative onboarding framework for fast tracking new executives in your organization.

This program is made possible in part by the support of GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare empowers organizations to Perform At The Next Level and achieve real results by providing a combination of innovative growth strategies, strong culture development, patient-focused services and asset optimization solutions.

Seminar Agenda and Faculty

Monday, November 9

Tuesday, November 10

Seminar Faculty

L. Rita Fritz

L. Rita Fritz is founder and president of Systems Inc. She has helped healthcare organizations throughout the United States and Canada to accelerate performance and improve their internal systems. Her particular focus is on studying and applying systems and strategies to healthcare that have been shown to work well in other industries. Previously, Fritz was president of Health Systems Design Inc., associate vice president of a 500-plus bed hospital and director of technology policy and administration for AHA.

Dennis L. Vonderfecht, FACHE

Dennis Vonderfecht has been president and CEO of Mountain States Health Alliance since 1990, where he led development from a single, independent acute-care hospital to an 11-hospital system that serves northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and western Kentucky. Vonderfecht also served as regional vice president for Research Health Services System. He is a past chairman of the Tennessee Hospital Association board of directors, past chairman of the board for the Hospital Alliance of Tennessee, and on the board of directors of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Premier Inc.

Tuition

CEO Circle Members:  $1,045
Affiliates:  $1,145
Non-Affiliates:  $1,345

Registration

Please Note: This seminar is exclusively for hospital CEOs. There are two ways to register:

• Register online

• Call ACHE's Customer Service Center at (312) 424-9400

Continuing Education Credit

In addition to the 12 Category I (ACHE education) credits assigned to this seminar, ACHE is accredited by other organizations to provide continuing education credit.

View complete information about these organizations.

Hotel and Travel

Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa
17260 Harbour Pointe Drive
Fort Myers, FL 33908
Hotel: (239) 466-4000
Reservations:(800) 767-7777

• To receive the reduced ACHE rate of $159 single or double, please inform the hotel that you are attending the ACHE CEO Circle Forum.

• The reduced rate rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis until Monday, October 19, 2009.

• For more detailed information view the Hotel and Transportation PDF.

Make Travel Arrangements

• United Airlines/Ted: ACHE has arranged reduced airfares with United Airlines and Ted. Call the Special Meeting Desk at (800) 521-4041 and refer to ACHE meeting ID 598YJ to receive a 2 to 10 percent discount off applicable fares. All ticketing and booking fees will be waived. If you purchase your ticket at least 30 days prior to travel, you will receive an additional 5 percent discount.
• ACHE reserves the right to substitute faculty and cancel or reschedule programs due to unforeseen events. For this reason, we advise against purchasing nonrefundable airline tickets.
• Visit www.ache.org/seminars/travel.cfm for additional travel discounts through ACHE.

Cancellation and Additional Details

To cancel or transfer to another seminar, please notify us in writing no later than Monday, October 26, 2009, for full credit or refund, less a $100 nonrefundable processing fee per seminar. After October 26, all fees are forfeited; however, you may send a substitute CEO if you cannot attend.

Additional Details

• To qualify for the 12 Category I (ACHE education) credits assigned to this seminar, you must attend the entire seminar.

• Your tuition includes all seminar materials and refreshments. If you have dietary restrictions and require a special meal, please call the Customer Service Center at (312) 424-9400 prior to attending your seminar.

• Dress for all seminar programs is business casual. Room temperatures may vary; we suggest you bring a sweater or jacket.

• ACHE programs are educational in nature. Self-promotion and selling are not permitted.

• If you have special needs that we can assist you with, please contact the Division of Education prior to the program.

More Information

For more information on becoming a member of the CEO Circle, please contact Thom Freyer, FACHE, CAE, vice president, Division of Regional Services at (312) 424-9320 or tfreyer@ache.org.

For more information on the CEO Circle Forum please contact Rebecca Stacy/a>, Division of Education at (312) 424-9357.