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

At the session participants will:

• Understand the primary funding sources and challenges related to each of the academic missions
• Identify ways to achieve economic stability and growth in light of recent financial and economic pressures
• Discuss how academic medical centers have had to adapt their structure, policies and culture to sustain the success and financial viability of their programs

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

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

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

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

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

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