| Tuesday, November 15, 2005: 8:15 AM-9:15 AM | |||
| The Art of Caring Leadership - Developing Yourself and Others as Empowering Leaders | |||
| Learning Objective #1: Identify the leadership qualities of an empowering leader and develop a personal action plan to be more empowering | |||
| Learning Objective #2: Assess individual and team readiness for growth and development | |||
| This presentation will provide theoretical foundation and practical application to allow leaders in both academic and practice settings to assess their own empowering behaviors. A case study of empowerment within an organization will be discussed to highlight "lessons learned". The importance of personal charisma will be discussed along with identification of key leadership characteristics such as integrity, intelligence, persistence and high level communication skills. Examples of transformational leadership will be discussed, including practical applications in today's healthcare environment. The articulation of vision, the importance of values and empowerment tactics will be featured as participants assess their own strengths in these critical areas. Specific topics include the retention of employees, tapping the constructive power of teams, using and not abusing psychological size, mentoring and succession planning and creating both a productive and humanistic workplace. Values identified from studies of high performing leaders will be discussed as the speakers work with participants to assess their own strengths in these areas. At the conclusion of the program, a roadmap for the empowerment of people will be offered, as well as practical tips to maintain momentum and measure success in the areas of healthcare outcomes, patient satisfaction, workplace of choice, market share and financial performance. | |||
| Organizer: | Karen S. Hill, RN, MSN, CNAA, FACHE | ||
| Presenters: | George Manning, PhD Karen S. Hill, RN, MSN, CNAA, FACHE | ||