- Program Spotlight:
Navigate Today’s Workforce Challenges With Expert-Led Education - Join Us for ACHE’s Day of Giving
- New JHM Examines Effective Decision-Making, Change Management Strategies
- Start the New Year With New Career Goals
- Explore EDCN: An Essential Resource for Diverse Healthcare Professionals
- Share Insights Across a Global Community With IHF’s Young Executive Leaders Program
Program Spotlight:
Navigate Today’s Workforce Challenges With Expert-Led Education
Last week’s nurses strike in New York City is the latest example of ongoing workforce issues afflicting the healthcare field. With such challenges continuing to put significant strain on hospitals and health systems, the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership is devoting a variety of educational sessions to the topic. The following are just a few examples:
Monday, March 20
During “Developing Effective and Sustainable Staffing Models,” Atrium Health leaders will provide strategies for identifying and optimizing untapped skill sets within healthcare organizations. Presenters Patricia “Trish” Baise, DNP, RN, FACHE, vice president/CNO, Roy Hawkins Jr., FACHE, senior vice president/market president, and Shannon Morton, DNP, APRN, NEA-BC, assistant vice president, patient care services, will also share a comprehensive onboarding and sustainment program.
Tuesday, March 21
Join representatives from the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce as they share the comprehensive work they have done to help hospitals and health systems navigate workforce challenges and opportunities during “AHA Special Session: The Future of Our Healthcare Workforce.” Presenters Ron Werft, FACHE, president/CEO, Cottage Health; Mary Beth Kingston, PhD, RN, FAAN, CNO, Advocate Aurora Health; Roxie Wells, MD, president, Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital; and Janice E. Nevin, MD, president/CEO, ChristianaCare, will identify the core components of the AHA task force’s Framework for Action, and they will describe examples of how hospitals and health systems are actively addressing some of the most pressing workforce challenges.
Wednesday, March 22
“Healing the Healers: Our Journey to Support Workforce Mental Health and Well-Being Following an Active Killer Incident” will provide insights into the impacts of workplace violence on the healthcare workforce. Join BJC St. Charles County leaders Gina Calder, FACHE, senior vice president, strategy and business development; Ekene Ejimofor, DNP, RN, CNO; Sharla Emery, RN, director, patient care services; and Kathleen Gase, FAPIC, CIC, director, clinical excellence, and discover how you and your organization can proactively support and respond to the mental health, well-being and healing needs of your teams.
Explore all of the workforce-related sessions that will be available during the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership here. If you haven’t already reserved your spot with one of our registration options, don’t delay! Education sessions fill up quickly. Visit ache.org/Congress to register and learn more.
Additionally, ACHE offers a limited number of tuition waivers for specific educational offerings—including Congress—to ACHE members whose organizations lack the resources to fund their tuition for education programs. Learn more here, and be sure to apply by next week—the deadline is Monday, Jan. 23.
Join Us for ACHE’s Day of Giving
For 90 years, we have remained dedicated to advancing our members and healthcare leadership excellence. This Feb. 13—ACHE’s third annual Day of Giving—we invite you to help advance healthcare leadership excellence by contributing to the Fund for Healthcare Leadership. The Fund provides scholarships for our Executive Program—which offers extensive and immersive experiences for aspiring leaders—and wholly supports the Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program and the Thomas C. Dolan Career Accelerator Program. Both programs help to promote and prepare diverse and highly qualified healthcare leaders for the future.
When you donate to the Fund, you help provide resources for the future leaders of our field. Mark your calendars for Feb. 13 and please join us in making a difference for aspiring leaders. Visit ache.org/DayofGiving to learn more.
New JHM Examines Effective Decision-Making, Change Management Strategies
“What information do healthcare leaders need to manage complex healthcare issues and to make effective strategic decisions?” In the January/February Journal of Healthcare Management, Editor Eric W. Ford, PhD, poses this query to the GPT-3 artificial intelligence tool. The response earns a mixed score in his editorial.
“CEOs and others in administrative, high-level positions should always use their knowledge to help the leaders who will come behind us,” says Odette C. Bolano, FACHE, president and CEO of Saint Alphonsus Health System. Learn more about her passion for mentoring and her nursing-based leadership philosophy in an interview featured in this issue.
How can healthcare leaders develop initiatives that are both incremental and revolutionary? They need to build a strategic pyramid, explains educator, consultant and author Jim Austin in this article about change management strategies.
Explore the rest of the January/February Journal of Healthcare Management, including research articles about the most important job satisfaction factors, shifts in how for-profit hospitals are meeting community needs, a comparison of the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals, and the value of on-site daycare for healthcare employees’ children to both employees and employers. Visit ache.org/Journals.
Start the New Year With New Career Goals
In 2022, ACHE’s Career Resource Center offered continuous support to healthcare leaders on their journey to career success. As we venture into the new year, explore the resources available through the Career Resource Center to learn how we can support you on your leadership journey in 2023.
- Resume and LinkedIn Review: Your resume and LinkedIn profile should continuously be reviewed and current. Our Resume Review Service, designed to ensure you are well-positioned for any future possibilities, continues to be one of our most valuable resources.
- Job Center: A new year means new job opportunities. Explore the various levels of jobs offered through the Job Center and post your resume for recruiters to contact you directly.
- Executive Coaches Directory: Check out the enhanced Executive Coaching Directory, which can help you quickly identify an executive coach who can support your professional growth or the career development of your team.
- ACHE Interview Prep Tool: Do your 2023 goals include career advancement? Allow our Interview Prep Tool to guide you with resources to improve your effectiveness in the interview process.
Explore EDCN: An Essential Resource for Diverse Healthcare Professionals
Research and real-world experience confirm diversity at the highest ranks of healthcare management contributes to improved quality, equity and safe care for all people. However, the path to senior leadership roles can be fraught with challenges—particularly for healthcare professionals from racially and ethnically underrepresented groups and those who identify as LGBTQ+.
The Executive Diversity Career Navigator, also known as EDCN, helps healthcare leaders from underrepresented groups chart a career path to the highest levels of leadership. This centralized resource, a project of ACHE and five partner organizations, offers information, tools and inspiration for diverse leaders navigating their career paths to senior level positions.
Everyone from early careerists to senior executives can benefit from EDCN, which includes free access to most assets. Visit edcnavigator.org today and explore all that EDCN offers.
Share Insights Across a Global Community With IHF’s Young Executive Leaders Program
The International Hospital Federation is now accepting applications for its 2023 Young Executive Leaders program.
Each year, mid-career hospital leaders from across the world join the Young Executive Leaders program April through November to expand their international professional network and improve their management and leadership skills. Applications to the Young Executive Leaders program are due from IHF members who are 40 years old or younger by Feb. 6. To learn more about the Young Executive Leaders program and who should apply, visit ihf-fih.org/what-we-do/young-executive-leaders/.