- Podcast: The Most Important Job You Have as a Leader
- Assessing Your Leadership and Inclusivity Competencies
- Is it Time to Recertify Your FACHE®?
- Young Healthcare Executive Award Deadline Nears
- Save When You Add to Your Summer Reading List
Podcast: The Most Important Job You Have as a Leader
“Every one of us as leaders plays a critical role to set the agenda around culture and to set the attitude and the way that we expect people to conduct themselves,” says Warner Thomas, FACHE, president/CEO, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif.
Thomas believes that in addition to the CEO setting the organizational culture, department leaders have a role to play in structuring their team’s individual culture, setting strategy and ensuring accountability. “It’s a critical role for any leader in their areas of responsibility,” says Thomas.
Learn more about how investing in company culture can directly contribute to an organization’s success by listening to Thomas’ full podcast episode. You can find ACHE’s full library of podcasts here.
Assessing Your Leadership and Inclusivity Competencies
An important part of growing as a leader is knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and ACHE’s Healthcare Executive Competencies Assessment Tool is the perfect instrument to assess your expertise. Updated yearly, this tool can assist leaders in formulating a professional development plan to account for skills gaps.
New this year is the Inclusive Leadership Competencies Assessment Tool, which offers healthcare leaders a way to assess and foster inclusive cultures and lead through a lens of equity. This tool was created with experts using current research evidence on what works to advance care for diverse populations.
Visit the Healthcare Leadership Competencies webpage to learn more about assessing your healthcare leadership competencies.
Is it Time to Recertify Your FACHE®?
If your FACHE credential is set to expire in 2024, it’s time to recertify. Be sure to submit your recertification application and $200 application fee by the Dec. 31 deadline.
To recertify, ACHE Fellows need to:
- Complete a minimum of 36 continuing education credits related to healthcare management and administration. Note that 12 credits must be ACHE In-Person Education.
- Complete four volunteer activities, including two that are community/civic-related and two healthcare-related.
Check your progress by using the FACHE Recertification Progress tool available on My ACHE.
If you are over the age of 60 and will retire within the next five years, you may be eligible for a one-time-only, five-year recertification waiver. For more information, contact Customer Service at (312) 424-9400 or contact@ache.org.
Current Fellows in good standing who are retired from healthcare management may transfer to Retired Status or Life Status. Learn more about the FACHE(R) and LFACHE designations here.
Young Healthcare Executive Award Deadline Nears
The deadline to submit a nomination for the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year has been extended to July 31.
This award recognizes early careerist Fellows, under 40, for outstanding achievement in the field of healthcare management who hold a CEO or COO position.
To nominate a deserving leader, send an email with the nominee’s name to contact Jennifer L. Connelly, FACHE, CAE, vice president, Volunteer Relations, Executive Office. Visit the News and Awards webpage for full details on the nomination process, award criteria and past recipients.
Save When You Add to Your Summer Reading List
Score deals during the Health Administration Press summer sale, now through Sept. 16. Order any book and receive a 20% discount off already reduced member prices using the promo code SUMMER24 at checkout.
The discount applies to both member and nonmember prices. Order and save with these discounts by visiting the HAP Online Bookstore or calling (800) 888-4741. Items excluded from this offer include any already discounted multibook sets or bundles, Futurescan 15-packs, and the Board of Governors Exam Study Set, Bundle and Flashcards.