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2019 Organizational Leadership in Academic Medicine for New Associate Deans and Department Chairs

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    • Thursday, September 19, 2019
    •  
      1:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
      Registration/Information
      2:00 PM  -  2:45 PM
      Welcome and Introductions
      Speaker:
      2:45 PM  -  5:30 PM
      So You Wanted to be a Chair or Associate Dean…Now What?

      Reflections on the Person, the Position, and Some of the Challenges Ahead

      At the session participants will:

      • Understand the individual personality traits and professional standing most appropriate for the position of chair or associate dean in a changing healthcare environment
      • Identify the priorities for leading an academic unit in a time of rapid and substantial change in AHCs
      • Identify some of the leadership qualities most useful and applicable to the setting of rapid and substantial change occurring in AHCs presently
      • Understand the implications and impact of various governance models and health system mergers on the academic missions of the contemporary AHC
      • Understand compensation models that reward contributions to the academic mission in a wRVU-based health system
      Speaker:
      5:30 PM  -  8:30 PM
      Dinner and Leadership Pearls
      Speaker:
    • Friday, September 20, 2019
    •  
      7:30 AM  -  5:15 PM
      Registration/Information
      7:30 AM  -  8:30 AM
      Breakfast
      8:30 AM  -  9:00 AM
      Formal Networking and Reflection
      Speaker:
      9:00 AM  -  11:30 AM
      Restoring Education at LSU School of Medicine:

      Organizational Resilience after Hurricane Katrina and the Storm that Followed

      At the session participants will be able to:

      • List some challenges faced by medical schools after a mass disaster. Reflect on specific issues your institution would confront in a similar situation.
      • Describe important elements of an emergency preparedness plan.
      • List key characteristics of leaders at a time of crisis.
      • Describe the role of organizational culture at a time of change. In particular, recognize that it can be both a driver and a deterrent to adaptability.
      Speaker:
      11:30 AM  -  12:30 PM
      Lunch
      12:30 PM  -  2:00 PM
      Walking Towards Conflicts: Essential Mindsets and Skills of an Everyday Leader

      At the session participants will:

      • Recognize workplace conflicts as portals into generating new learning and strengthening relationships
      • Identify the role of power in creating a psychologically safe organizational culture
      • Explain the four-step conflict dialogue framework for achieving mutual goals
      Speaker:
      2:00 PM  -  2:15 PM
      Break
      2:15 PM  -  3:15 PM
      Breakout 1: Finding Top Talent: Proven Search and Hiring Practices for Recruiting the Best Talent
      In this session, participants will learn proven search and recruitment practices. Participants will learn the importance of the “Ten Cs” of a successful search. Appointment of a search committee, deciding whether to engage a search firm, screening candidates, interviewing processes, drafting agreements, onboarding the new hire, and how (and when) to conclude the search will be included.
      Speaker:
      2:15 PM  -  3:15 PM
      Breakout 2: Building Creative Capacity by Managing Your Priorities
      In this session, participants will focus on strategies to manage the complexities of their leadership role while finding time for creative thinking. These strategies have been shown to increase productivity and mitigate burnout. Participants will access their calendars during the session and by the end of the session will have created a plan to build creative capacity.
      Speaker:
      2:15 PM  -  3:15 PM
      Breakout 3: Managing Conflict: Skill Practice
      In this session, participants will engage in a “hot seat” simulation for practicing the conflict dialogue model that is covered during the plenary session. The conflict dialogue model includes four stages: Get Ready, Create Space, Do the Work, Close and Affirm. Based on a real-life scenario involving a workplace conflict, participants will serve either as a hot seat volunteer interacting with a simulated colleague or as a member of an expert panel providing feedback to the hot seat participants. A facilitator will provide coaching around identifying key goals for the dialogue and mutual agreements for sustaining workplace relationships.
      Speaker:
      3:15 PM  -  3:30 PM
      Break
      3:30 PM  -  4:30 PM
      Breakout 1: Finding Top Talent: Proven Search and Hiring Practices for Recruiting the Best Talent
      In this session, participants will learn proven search and recruitment practices. Participants will learn the importance of the “Ten Cs” of a successful search. Appointment of a search committee, deciding whether to engage a search firm, screening candidates, interviewing processes, drafting agreements, onboarding the new hire, and how (and when) to conclude the search will be included.
      Speaker:
      3:30 PM  -  4:30 PM
      Breakout 2: Building Creative Capacity by Managing Your Priorities
      In this session, participants will focus on strategies to manage the complexities of their leadership role while finding time for creative thinking. These strategies have been shown to increase productivity and mitigate burnout. Participants will access their calendars during the session and by the end of the session will have created a plan to build creative capacity.
      Speaker:
      3:30 PM  -  4:30 PM
      Breakout 3: Managing Conflict: Skill Practice
      In this session, participants will engage in a “hot seat” simulation for practicing the conflict dialogue model that is covered during the plenary session. The conflict dialogue model includes four stages: Get Ready, Create Space, Do the Work, Close and Affirm. Based on a real-life scenario involving a workplace conflict, participants will serve either as a hot seat volunteer interacting with a simulated colleague or as a member of an expert panel providing feedback to the hot seat participants. A facilitator will provide coaching around identifying key goals for the dialogue and mutual agreements for sustaining workplace relationships.
      Speaker:
      4:30 PM  -  5:15 PM
      Daily Wrap Up and Reflection
      Speaker:
      6:30 PM  -  8:30 PM
      Dinner On Your Own / Optional Dine-Arounds
    • Saturday, September 21, 2019
    •  
      7:30 AM  -  5:30 PM
      Registration/Information
      7:30 AM  -  8:30 AM
      Breakfast
      8:30 AM  -  9:00 AM
      Formal Networking and Reflection
      Speaker:
      9:00 AM  -  11:00 AM
      Succession Planning, Sponsorship, and Transitions

      At the session participants will:

      • Articulate definitions of succession planning, succession development, mentorship, and sponsorship
      • Articulate the differences between succession planning, succession development, mentorship, and sponsorship
      • Articulate the responsibilities and benefits of protégées and sponsors
      • Apply best and promising practices for succession planning, succession development, and sponsorship
      • Apply best and promising practices on how to be a sponsor
      Speakers:
      11:00 AM  -  11:15 AM
      Break
      11:15 AM  -  12:15 PM
      Breakout 1: Finding Top Talent: Proven Search and Hiring Practices for Recruiting the Best Talent
      In this session, participants will learn proven search and recruitment practices. Participants will learn the importance of the “Ten Cs” of a successful search. Appointment of a search committee, deciding whether to engage a search firm, screening candidates, interviewing processes, drafting agreements, onboarding the new hire, and how (and when) to conclude the search will be included.
      Speaker:
      11:15 AM  -  12:15 PM
      Breakout 2: Building Creative Capacity by Managing Your Priorities
      In this session, participants will focus on strategies to manage the complexities of their leadership role while finding time for creative thinking. These strategies have been shown to increase productivity and mitigate burnout. Participants will access their calendars during the session and by the end of the session will have created a plan to build creative capacity.
      Speaker:
      11:15 AM  -  12:15 PM
      Breakout 3: Managing Conflict: Skill Practice
      In this session, participants will engage in a “hot seat” simulation for practicing the conflict dialogue model that is covered during the plenary session. The conflict dialogue model includes four stages: Get Ready, Create Space, Do the Work, Close and Affirm. Based on a real-life scenario involving a workplace conflict, participants will serve either as a hot seat volunteer interacting with a simulated colleague or as a member of an expert panel providing feedback to the hot seat participants. A facilitator will provide coaching around identifying key goals for the dialogue and mutual agreements for sustaining workplace relationships.
      Speaker:
      12:15 PM  -  1:15 PM
      Lunch
      1:15 PM  -  3:15 PM
      Negotiating for Success: Keys to Becoming an Effective Negotiator

      This session will teach participants to:

      • Broaden understanding of negotiating concepts and acquire negotiating techniques
      • Identify and position objectives to appeal to specific audiences to improve outcomes
      • Develop their best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA) to gain a better understanding of options
      • Evaluate personal tendencies in the face of negotiations and learn to manage strengths and weaknesses
      Speaker:
      3:15 PM  -  3:30 PM
      Break
      3:30 PM  -  5:00 PM
      Working Effectively with your Leadership

      At the session participants will:

      • Identify strategies for managing the faculty- administration relationship
      • Explain appropriate ways to handle sticky situations and challenging faculty members
      • Gain advice for when and how to involve your institution's leadership in problem-solving
      Speakers:
      Moderator:
      5:00 PM  -  5:30 PM
      Daily Wrap Up and Reflection
      Speaker:
      6:00 PM  -  7:00 PM
      Reception
      7:00 PM  -  9:00 PM
      Dinner & "Lessons from My Leadership Journey"
      Speaker:
    • Sunday, September 22, 2019
    •  
      7:30 AM  -  1:15 PM
      Registration/Information
      7:30 AM  -  8:30 AM
      Breakfast
      8:30 AM  -  10:00 AM
      Communicating to Inspire and Lead Change

      At the session participants will:

      • Identify core behaviors that allow you to build trust through communications
      • Analyze your own communication behaviors and plan around change and identify opportunities to improve
      • Outline the essential components of a communication policy you could adopt at your institution
      Speaker:
      10:00 AM  -  10:15 AM
      Break
      10:15 AM  -  12:00 PM
      Enhancing Your Leadership Behavior: What To Do. Who To Be.

      At the session participants will:

      • Explain the importance of your leadership presence and how to maximize it
      • Increase or enhance your repertoire of leadership behavior
      • Increase your skills at communicating critical, and sometimes difficult, messages to groups of persons
      • Recognize how the impact of your message may not reflect the intent of your message – and what to do about it
      • Use communication strategies, including role modeling, to create followership
      Speaker:
      12:00 PM  -  12:30 PM
      Seminar Wrap Up
      12:30 PM  -  1:15 PM
      Lunch, Seminar Concludes
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