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Executive Leadership Development Program I.H.S. logo

Educational Objectives
SESSION ONE (4 1/2 days)


Monday Morning      7:45 AM-10:15 AM
    Registration
    Learning Teams
    Introductions
    Learning Teams

Monday Morning      10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Indian Healthcare Challenges for Leadership
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Identify demographic, medical, technological, economic, consumer, and political trends that impact the Indian health care system
  • Understand the history of the Indian health care system, and its relationship to local communities
  • Discuss the concept of managed care, and its influence on the Indian health care system
  • Explore options to meet challenges of change

Group Lunch & Discussion of Discipline Specific Case Studies 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Monday Afternoon      1:45 PM - 3:45 PM with 15 minute break
    Critical Thinking
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Demonstrate how to be a critical thinker
  • Discuss the balance of rationality and intuition
  • Demonstrate how to take action on issues by leveraging your knowledge and expertise
  • Manage a conflicting bottom line

Monday Afternoon      4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
    Group Dynamics
At the end of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Discuss techniques for successful group think process
  • How to manage small groups
  • Appreciation of all participants
  • How to bring out the best in group participants

Monday Afternoon      5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Presentation Skills
At the end of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Write with clarity, purpose, and cultural sensitivity
  • Demonstrate effective presentation skills
  • Show how to give and receive feedback
  • Demonstrate how to be an effective listener
  • Make a presentation to senior level executives that is effective

Tuesday Morning      8:00 AM - 11:30 AM with 15-minute break
   Color Matrix in Group Process
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Complete and discuss color matrix for each participants.
  • Provide participants with characteristics of participant
  • How does "our" color influence group process
  • How to appreciate each other's differences

Lunch      11:30 AM - 1:00 PM


Tuesday Afternoon      1:00 PM - 3:00 PM with 15 minute break 
    Organizational Skills
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the critical elements of time management
  • Demonstrate how to prioritize tasks
  • Use commercially available products to improve and manage time

Tuesday Afternoon      3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
    Change and Transition
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the differences between change and transition
  • Identify effective strategies to lead during times of change and transition
  • Develop a plan to lead an organization through a change process
  • Influence, shape and advocate for change

Tuesday Afternoon      5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 
     Work on Case Studies

Wednesday Morning      8:00 AM - 12:00 PM with 15 minute break
    
Discipline Specific Case Presentations

Lunch/UNMC Tour      12:00 PM - 2:00 PM  
    
Visit Lied Transplant Center/ lunch provided

Wednesday Afternoon    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM with 15 minute break
    Motivation
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • List several methods on how to motivate others
  • Describe how to recognize and praise accomplishments of others
  • Know how to establish healthy boundaries with others

Wednesday Afternoon      3:45 PM - 5:45 PM 
    Leadership in the 21st Century
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Define leadership
  • Demonstrate the nine leadership skills
  • How to influence, shape and advocate for change

Wednesday Afternoon      5:45 PM - 6:00 PM
   Discussion of Multi-Disciplinary Case Studies

Thursday Morning     8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Personnel
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • List the steps to be taken to hire a new employee
  • List the steps to be taken to remove an employee
  • describe the concept of progressive disciplinary action
  • Discuss the following topics:  recruitment and retention, evaluation, grievance processes and classification
  • Know how to write a good position description
  • Understand the various policies and procedures for different personnel systems (civil service, Commissioned Corps, Wage-grade, private, tribal)
  • Appreciate the role of the union and its influence on personnel actions

Lunch  12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Thursday Afternoon      1:30 PM - 2:45 PM 
    Personnel Continued
Discipline Specific Personnel Issues

At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • List the qualities of a good evaluation process
  • Describe the process of peer review
  • Discuss techniques to best manage difficult employees
  • Describe what should and what cannot be delegated to others
  • Understand your rights as a manager
  • Improve your methods for investigating complaints

Thursday Afternoon      4:00 PM- 6:00 PM
   Personal Vision and Goal Setting
At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Describe their role in the Indian health care system, the local health care facility, and the local community
  • Discuss their value as a member of the community
  • Identify their own core values, motive and beliefs relative to the organization and the community
  • Know strategies about how to make a difference, and how to go about doing it
  • Describe methods used to become inspirational to others
  • Write a personal vision statement
    
Thursday Evening      (Optional) Group Dinner 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM

Friday Morning      8:00 AM - 12:00 PM with 15 minute break
    Presentation of Multidisciplinary Cases

At the completion of this unit, participants will be able to:
  • Demonstrate being a critical thinker
  • Clarify what is important and what is not important on an issue
  • Demonstrate taking action on issues by leveraging your knowledge and experience
  • Make a presentation to senior level executives that calls for action
    
Friday Afternoon      12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Lessons Learned
    Closing Ceremony


 Last update: September 30, 2005

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