Purpose:

We are fortunate that our health system offers a myriad of career opportunities to those who have the propensity to lead. As a leader within the Lancaster General (LG) health system you may have already identified future leadership talent within your area of supervision. The Aspiring Leader Certificate Program creates a system wide educational approach for our future leadership talent who want to explore the management role. We invite you to refer your potential leaders to participate.

 

 

Description of Program:

Using a cohort model and limited to 10 participants, this nine week program will offer coursework in at least one of each of the program’s five fields of management, a career track shadowing experience and a culminating project.

 

These include:

Educational Outcomes:

Demonstrate an understanding of the variety of leadership roles within a healthcare system.

 

Certificate Requirements

To earn the Certificate, participants need to meet the following requirements

Registration is limited to a cohort of 10 participants.  The composition of the cohort will represent a cross-section of our organization.  Registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.  Registrants must ensure that they can attend the entire program with supervisor approval.  Registration deadline is September 19 or until a cohort of 10 registrants is formed.  To register complete the Registration Form and forward to Catherine Stover. Registration for this program is not available through Netlearning.

 

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

 

Aspiring to Leadership (A Book Discussion Group) 

What really defines leadership? Our concepts of leadership are usually based on our unique personal experiences, and it is clear that a leadership style that works in one situation can be a recipe for disaster in another. In leadership, one size does not fit all. Using the text, The Five Commitments of a Leader by Mark Leheney, the author asserts that a more revealing way to examine leadership is through the commitments a leader makes (or fails to make). Group discussion will focus on the five commitments a leader must make to be effective;

 

Educational Outcomes:

Facilitator: Catherine Stover, Director, Leadership, Management, and Innovation, Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences.

• Explain the roles of the four major players in the current health care delivery system.
• Describe LG’s unique role in the marketplace.

• Differentiate between moving from a strong individual contributor role to a leadership role that requires accomplishing tasks, creating processes and procedures, and sustaining coordinated efforts within or outside of unit/departmental boundaries.
• Give examples on how to create an environment that invites input from each contributor and promotes shared ownership and visibility.

• Learn conflict resolution strategies to promote understanding and communication skills within your team.
• Discuss how to handle disputes equitably and build consensus and cooperation.

• Identify the basic vocabulary used within the financial management arena.
• Interpret a basic operations budget for a selected department, facility, or program.

• Demonstrate and differentiate how frequently used business application programs like Basics of Windows XP, Systematic file management, browser basics, E-mail basics and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) are utilized within the management function.

• Organize thoughts with a focus on addressing the needs of listeners and achieving objectives.
• Encourage desired actions by delivering messages clearly and concisely in both the spoken and written format.
• Handle resistance by responding to listeners’ ideas, opinions, and concerns.