- Follow the Path to Exceptional Leadership
- Members in the News: North Named CEO of HCA Houston Northwest
- 2025 Membership Renewal Underway
- Join Us in San Diego This February
- Supporting a Culture of Safety Through Connected Healthcare Operations
Follow the Path to Exceptional Leadership
Some people are born to lead, and others work hard to become extraordinary. Either way, today’s leaders need to be agile and prepared for change, according to Carson F. Dye, FACHE, co-author of Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executives, Third Edition.
The book presents leadership from the viewpoint of specific behaviors. “It is much more logical to describe the behavior of highly effective leaders versus explaining a theory or construct,” says Dye.
In the newest edition, Dye and Andrew N. Garman, PsyD, reflect contemporary issues and the latest research on leadership. “At the time of the first edition of the book, the idea of using leadership competencies had just surfaced in the healthcare field,” Dye says—and many models had almost 100 competencies. Then and now, Exceptional Leadership’s focus on the critical few behaviors of highly effective leaders resonates with physicians learning leadership: well-cultivated self-awareness, compelling vision, a way with people and masterful execution.
“Physicians, and all clinicians for that matter, are typically highly visual individuals,” he says. “As such, they relate well to the observable behaviors of leaders.”
Outstanding leaders don’t wait for opportunities. Order your copy of Exceptional Leadership today and kick-start your development.
Members in the News: North Named CEO of HCA Houston Northwest
Joel K. North, III has been promoted to CEO, HCA Houston Northwest, from COO, HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood. Read more about North here. To learn about your other peers making headlines, visit ACHE’s Members in the News.
2025 Membership Renewal Underway
An email was sent last week to all ACHE members announcing that the 2025 membership renewal process has begun. Renew your membership today and continue to have access to exclusive member benefits while staying connected with your more than 49,000 healthcare leader peers across the country.
For a quick and easy way to renew and ensure continued access to ACHE education programs, publications, products and services, log in through the My ACHE portal and click My Membership under the Helpful Links tab. You’ll find information about our installment payment option and the auto-renewal process for future years.
For questions about your membership dues or renewal, contact ACHE’s Customer Service Center via email or by calling (312) 424-9400.
Join Us in San Diego This February
Get a jump on earning continuing education credits in 2025 at ACHE’s first in-person educational event of the new year—the San Diego Cluster, Feb. 24–25. Hear from industry-leading faculty as they cover the latest issues facing healthcare leaders, while you network with like-minded peers and colleagues.
The two-day seminars, worth 12 ACHE In-Person Education credits, include:
- Effective Crisis Leadership—Transforming Ourselves and Our Organizations for Success Many executives are selected based on operational expertise or individual contributions but may not have had the opportunity to hone leadership skills, particularly for a time of crisis. This program will help you make more effective decisions, allocate scarce resources, engage diverse stakeholders and shape change in your organization applicable for both the present crisis and future emergencies.
- Delivery Disrupted: Innovations, AI and Staying Ahead of the Curve in Healthcare Emerging technologies from big data to AI are transforming business, clinical and population health processes. These technologies are also disrupting the healthcare industry. In this challenging, interactive session, you will learn the fundamentals of big data, AI and analytics, while also examining the importance of building and creating a culture of innovation and transformation.
- Applying Design Thinking to Healthcare’s Most Pressing Challenges Effective leaders need to equip themselves with an expanded set of skills—and a new mindset—to stay ahead of the changes. This dynamic and timely seminar will tackle some of the most pressing challenges healthcare leaders face today and equip you with the tools you need to be successful during times of uncertainty.
- Leading Strategic Change This seminar will provide attendees with the ability to make solid decisions and optimize strategic changes when faced with uncertainty. You will learn the four building blocks to good decision making and common decision traps. You will also be introduced to a scenario planning tool and a framework to help you develop future alternatives. Take away a simple four-step model to optimize execution and drive.
Supporting a Culture of Safety Through Connected Healthcare Operations
As we observe Healthcare Quality Week 2024, we honor the contributions of healthcare professionals who have improved safety and quality in an effort to make healthcare safer for patients, providers and staff.
Instituting a culture of safety—one that prioritizes communication, accountability and transparency to improve care quality and patient safety—is critical for hospitals and health systems. A strong culture of safety, however, requires a unified commitment from every level of the organization, supported by the right tools and systems to ensure its sustainable success.
One approach healthcare leaders can take is to integrate disparate data streams to provide actionable insights to decision-makers about safety across the organization. This connected healthcare operations approach breaks down data silos and helps identify the root causes of risk in care delivery. This comprehensive view enables healthcare leaders to swiftly address harm events when they happen.
A culture of safety goes beyond incident reporting — it's also about improving processes and making clear communication the standard. Through connected healthcare operations, decision-makers can enhance care processes to prevent future harm while ensuring care teams are connected to the right training, policies and leadership support to improve outcomes and ensure well-being. Open, honest dialogue helps transform mistakes into opportunities for growth, fostering timely responses and active staff engagement.
Using connected healthcare operations, organizations can uphold the highest standards for safety and quality—not just for one week, but every day.
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