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Healthcare Summit

Strengthening Ties Between Healthcare and Leadership

Day: 7 November 2024
Time: 13:00 – 15:30
Price: $40
Location: Hilton Chicago Downtown 
Facilitators:  More Details Coming Soon

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Full Description

This half-day summit is designed as a gathering for healthcare professionals and leadership experts, building on the previous three Healthcare Leadership Conferences, with the theme of “Strengthening Ties Between Healthcare and Leadership.” The session aims to convene a diverse group of participants, including healthcare leaders, students, patients, practitioners, educators, and leadership experts, to delve into foundational and innovative topics vital for enhancing leader development, leadership education, research, and practice within the healthcare realm.  

This half-day summit offers a unique platform for blending the worlds of healthcare and leadership, aimed at enriching both fields through shared learning and collaboration. Participants will leave equipped with new insights, strategies, and connections to navigate the complex landscape of healthcare leadership today and into the future. 

Goals of the Session:  

  1. Foster Networking and Collaboration: Create opportunities for meaningful interactions among participants to enhance interdisciplinary understanding and collaboration. 
  2. Knowledge Exchange: Share cutting-edge insights and best practices in leadership that can be applied within the healthcare setting to address current challenges and anticipate future needs. 
  3. Enhance Leadership Skills: Equip participants with advanced leadership skills and strategies that are specifically tailored to the unique demands and opportunities within healthcare. 
  4. Stimulate Innovation: Encourage the exchange of ideas and strategies that promote innovation in healthcare leadership and management. 
  5. Build a Learning Community: Establish a supportive network of professionals committed to ongoing learning and mutual support in leadership development within healthcare. 

Learning Objectives:  

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:  

  1. Identify Key Leadership Challenges in Healthcare: Understand the unique challenges and opportunities that healthcare leaders face and discuss strategies to address them. 
  2. Enhance Networks: Build professional relationships within the healthcare and leadership communities with participants. 
  3. Embrace Innovation: Identify ways to incorporate innovative practices into leadership roles to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.

Agenda

13:00 – 14:00: Cafecito Round Tables: Engage in dynamic, small-group discussions on various themes at the intersection of healthcare and leadership. Each table will focus on a specific topic, facilitating deep dives into subjects of interest and the sharing of diverse perspectives. 

14:00 – 14:30: Keynote Presentation: Hear from a speaker who will help inspire and challenge attendees with the latest thinking in leadership and its application in healthcare. 

14:30 – 15:30: Cafecito Round Tables: Engage in dynamic, small-group discussions on various themes at the intersection of healthcare and leadership. Each table will focus on a specific topic, facilitating deep dives into subjects of interest and the sharing of diverse perspectives. 

Facilitators

Wayne Buckhanan

Wayne Buckhanan, PhD has spent his career utilizing technology and language to positively influence behaviorA large chunk of this has been in the education and skill development fronts training professionals in the content and application of effective models across areas such as inter- and intra-personal communication, developmental coaching, skill development, human motivation, sales, leadership, and the explicit modeling of implicit expertise.  He also spent 20 years in higher education teaching technical topics as well as innovation, critical thinking, and leadership skills across multiple institutions and programs. Since stepping out of the classroom in 2021, he has been consulting and coaching start-up teams across industries as varied as blockchain-based virtual real estate, generative AI, social entrepreneurship, and global consulting.