Aligning leadership with organizational priorities
A leading academic medical center in the Midwest
Their leaders are quickly nearing retirement, and many are burnt out after the stress of the last several years. Healthcare organizations must rethink what they need leadership to bring to the table as the nature of work and workers evolve. Understanding changing demographics, shifting governance, and the necessity to link leadership with the broader workforce strategy have never been more important.
Healthcare Boards have responsibility, fiduciary and other, to provide steady and effective leadership for their organizations to maintain patient care and minimize disruption from the inside. They also have a strategic obligation to look ahead to consider how care models and work are evolving.
of leaders are currently feeling overwhelmed and exhausted, reporting lower levels of well-being²
chance that an appointed executive will depart within the first 18 months³
² Mercer Global Talent Trends 2024, Mercer Talent Enterprise Science of Wellbeing Whitepaper 2023
³ hbr.org, “The Biggest Mistakes New Executives Make”
This podcast, Ensuring successful leadership for healthcare organizations, has just been released!
John Derse talks with Mercer’s leadership experts, David Jackson, Robert Smith and Sarah Maher, about their work with healthcare organizations on leadership assessment, succession and a Board’s role. They examine the critical imperative for the industry to rethink what leadership brings to the table given the changing demographics of the workforce and the evolving nature of work. They share examples from working with clients and make a case for a data-driven approach to leadership assessment and succession planning..
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A leading academic medical center in the Midwest