Leadership Foundation Program Participant Guidebook - UC Health

Leadership Foundation Program Leadership Foundation Program Participant Guidebook

This guidebook has been created to provide you with additional information regarding the Leadership Foundation Program. Sections in this guidebook include: I.

Leadership – the Driving Force

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What is the Leadership Foundation Program? A. The Primary Purpose of This Program

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The Leadership Foundation Program Seminar A. Leadership Profile B. The Emotional Competence Inventory C. Leadership Exploration Team D. Assignments to Complete Prior to the Seminar

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The Leadership Foundation Program Offsite A. About Camp Joy and Its Affiliation with CCHMC B. The Leadership Development Program at Camp Joy C. Accommodations D. Required Forms

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The Leadership Exploration Team Meetings: A. Workbook and Other Books for the Program

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Cross Charge Fees

VII.

Conclusion

Please contact James Mary in the Education & Development Department if you have any questions. He can be reached at 513-636-5227 or [email protected]. 1

Leadership Foundation Program

I. Leadership – the Driving Force Leadership talent is an organization’s most vital asset. Every highly successful organization has learned that achieving its vision depends on having talented leaders who inspire others to launch breakthrough services, create new technologies and improve existing processes. At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, this is especially true. Becoming the standard against which other hospitals measure their success in improving child health is an ambitious undertaking. To realize this vision we must continue to develop our current and future generations of healthcare leaders. The Leadership Foundation Program is one of many programs being developed by the Education and Training Department to help CCHMC achieve its vision. This guidebook will provide you with all the information you will need as you prepare to participate in this program. II. What is the Leadership Foundation Program? The Leadership Foundation Program was first launched by the Education and Training Department in 2007. Although this is a relatively new program for our hospital, it is not a program that has never been delivered before. Proven components of the Leadership Foundation Program have been used in other organizations and have now been combined with new components to meet the unique learning needs of CCHMC leaders. As you are aware, this program has three required elements. The first element is a two-day seminar that is followed by the second element, an offsite to be held at Camp Joy near Clarksville, Ohio. The third element is a series of five half-day sessions that meet over a five month period. Specific information for each of these three elements is provided in subsequent sections of this guidebook. A. The Primary Purpose of this Program A key principle for sustaining behavioral change that is common to many leadership development practices is this one: To develop the leader – develop the person. 2


This principle is simple and, in many ways, quite obvious. But sometimes what is most obvious is often overlooked. Throughout the Leadership Foundation Program, we will not overlook the fact that who you are as a leader is defined by who you are as a person. Your personal strengths are revealed when you are in leadership situations. The primary purpose of this program is to help you identify your personal strengths and learn how to leverage those strengths as you lead others at CCHMC. Through this program you will also become aware of ways you limit your leadership effectiveness. As a part of this program, you will have opportunities to practice different behaviors to minimize or help you manage around your limitations. Although the primary purpose for this program is to help you identify and leverage your leadership strengths, we also need to be quite clear that the sole reason this program exists is to help CCHMC achieve its vision. Other goals for this program, and how those goals will be measured regarding how they impact our organization, will be presented and discussed at the Orientation Meeting in February.

III. The Leadership Foundation Program Seminar The Leadership Foundation Program will launch with an onsite, typically held at the Simulation Center Classroom (Room 1403) at our Oak Location. During the seminar, you will discuss a number of leadership topics that will serve as a launch point for learning activities that will occur throughout the program. Highlighted below are some of those learning activities. A. Leadership Profile One of many benefits you will experience from participating in this program is creating a “Leadership Profile.” The seminar is designed to launch that process so that by the end of the program you will be able to: Express your personal definition of leadership and how it is impacted by your values and principles.

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Communicate your chosen leadership styles/characteristics and how they influence who you are as a leader. Identify and communicate “defining moments” in your personal/professional experience that have had an impact on who you are as a leader today. Identify leadership role models in your personal/professional experience whose leadership example inspires you. Create a development plan that leverages your leadership strengths and identifies ways to minimize your limitations. During the seminar you will discuss examples of a diverse group of leaders representing a wide range of styles and backgrounds who may serve as input for various parts of your Leadership Profile. B. The Emotional Competence Inventory During the seminar you will receive feedback through the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI), a multi-rater tool (360-degree assessment) based on the work of Dr. Daniel Goleman and Dr. Richard Boyatzis. Dr. Goleman and Dr. Boyatzis have both written numerous articles and books on the topic of emotional intelligence and leadership. The ECI is based on their work and was created in collaboration with the Hay Group, an international competency research and assessment technology consulting firm with over 35 years of experience. The ECI will be a key tool we will use to help you identify and launch a development plan you will implement over the course of the program. C. Exploration Team Each person in the Leadership Foundation Program will be a member of an “Exploration Team” comprised of 7or 8 other participants in the program. You will be introduced to your Exploration Team members during the first day of the seminar. 4


You will work with them throughout the program – in discussion groups at the seminar, in experiential activities at the offsite and especially during the six half-day meetings. D. Assignments to Complete Prior to the Seminar Listed below are the assignments you will need to complete prior to the seminar. Some of these assignments will take just a few minutes to complete, while others are more involved as the following directions will indicate. These assignments include: 1.) Reading the book: How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton. The Gallup Organization published this book in 2004 and it quickly became a New York Times Bestseller. It is a very short, yet well-written book that will help set the tone for many of the leadership principles we will explore. A copy of this book, for you to keep, will be given to you at the Orientation Meeting. 2.) Completing the pre-program survey. Completing this survey is critical. Information you provide in it will be used during many of our activities the first day. The survey will be emailed to you in Survey Monkey after the Orientation meeting. You will be able to complete the survey in less than 30 minutes. 3.) Completing the Emotional Competence Inventory as already described above. IV. The Leadership Foundation Program Offsite The offsite occurs at Camp Joy which is located 50 miles northeast of Cincinnati you.) During the offsite, you will participate in a number of experiential exercises with your Exploration Team and receive feedback on the leadership strengths you exhibit. The schedule for the offsite is quite full. Activities on the first day go into the early evening. The offsite typically concludes by 4:30 pm in the afternoon. 5


A. About Camp Joy and its Affiliation with CCHMC Camp Joy initially started as a church-sponsored summer camp in 1938 and has evolved into the Joy Outdoor Education Center - an independent, non-profit organization that offers comprehensive programs for children, teenagers and adults through the Summer Camp, Outdoor School and Leadership Development programs. The Summer Camp Program serves children from all backgrounds, including inner-city youth who receive funding to attend the camp through the United Way/Community Chest. The Summer Camp Program also has partnered with CCHMC to offer camp experiences for children with juvenile arthritis, heart conditions, hemophilia, cancer and sickle cell anemia. The Outdoor School Program offers grade school and high school students a unique curriculum that introduces them to environmental concepts as well as activities that promote greater selfawareness and cooperation. The Leadership Development program, which you will be participating in, offers business, civic, and community groups programs on leadership skills, communication, and teamwork. B. The Leadership Development Program at Camp Joy The Leadership Development Program at Camp Joy is one of the finest leadership & team development centers in the mid-western United States. They have hosted corporate groups overnight from such companies as Procter & Gamble, GE, Fidelity Investments, Kroger, and Fifth-Third Bank. (To view more information regarding the Leadership Development Program, please visit their website at www.joec.org). C. Accommodations Camp Joy is a modern camp facility. Most of our meeting time will be spent in the Procter & Gamble Center. For our overnight accommodations, men and women will be staying in separate cabins that have large bunk rooms that sleep as many as 20 people. Numerous corporate groups have enjoyed the camp accommodations offered at Camp Joy.

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All meals will be furnished and snacks will be available. If you have any special dietary needs or restrictions, please let Scott Steel know so he can work with the Camp Joy staff to accommodate those needs. D. Required Forms: Medical Record Form and Acknowledgement of Risk Since we will be traveling to and participating in activities at Camp Joy, you will need to complete two forms: the Participant Confidential Medical Record Form and the Acknowledgement of Risk & Release Form. These forms can be completed online and will be sent to you after the Seminar. V. Exploration Team Meetings The first of five half-day Exploration Team meetings will occur about a month after the offsite. Each meeting will follow a unique format that may include having a Cabinet member (or other senior leader) present their leadership profile, presentations from past program participants, experiential activities, etc. Following these activities, each Exploration Team will meet separately to be led through facilitated discussions on topics that will help them create their leadership profile and support them in reaching their development goals. A. Workbook and Other Readings A workbook, Finding Your True North, will be referenced and used to guide the discussions that occur each month. In addition to Finding Your True North, you will also be asked to read the following books: Shackleton’s Way – Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell (2001) How Full is Your Bucket – Tom Rath and Donald Clifton, (2004) Primal Leadership – Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee (2002) True North – Bill George (2007)

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VI. Fees Major expenses are for the books listed above, an ECI administration and the offsite at Camp Joy and facilitator costs. Additional expenses include costs associated with printing, room fees, etc. The fee is $1,600.

VII. Conclusion As you have just read, this is a dynamic curriculum that will require a significant commitment from all participants. A variety of evaluations are being created to capture and measure the impact the program will have on the hospital and the participants who take full advantage of this opportunity. As already indicated in the guide, additional information will be sent to all participants in the weeks ahead. We are looking forward to your participation in this program.

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