Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Foundations for Leadership Excellence
Leadership Excellence
Proposed Agenda
DAY ONE: Monday, April 27, 2015
8:30 – 8:45
Introduction to the Program: Foundations for Management and
Leadership Excellence
Speaker: Deena Rauch
 Welcome
 Expectations for the Week
 Program Structure
 Practical Issues—breaks, lunch & restrooms
8:45 – 9:15
Participant Introductions
9:15 – 9:30
Current Healthcare Environment
Speaker: Margaret Henbest
 Introduction to Nurse Leaders of Idaho
 External Forces
 Institute of Medicine Report/ACA
 Program Threads
9:30 – 11:15
Introduction to Personal Leadership
Speaker (remainder of the day): Deena Rauch
 Basic Communication Strategies
 Personality Profile
 Self and Others
 Interpersonal Skills
 Gender Communication
 Multigenerational Workforce
Includes short
morning break
11:15 – 12:30
Introduction to Professional Leadership
 Introduction to Management and Leadership
 Leadership Practices Inventory
 Leadership Competencies
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00
Putting it all Together
3:00 – 3:15
Break
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
3:15 – 4:15
Personal Leadership Philosophy
 David Whyte
 Group Discussion
4:15 – 4:45
Video
4:30 – 5:00
Q & A, Debrief and Closure
5:00 – 6:00
Networking Reception
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Foundations for Leadership Excellence
Leadership Excellence
Agenda
DAY TWO: Tuesday, April 28, 2015
8:00 – 8:30
Check-in, Introductions and Overview of the Day
8:30 – 12:30
Creating and Sustaining Civility in Nursing
Speaker: Cindy Clark
 Civility, Incivility and Bullying in Nursing
 Fostering Civility in Nursing: Strategies to Create and
Sustain Healthy Workplaces
 Effective Communication, Conflict Negotiation and WorkLife Balance
 Managing Up, Self and Others
Includes short
Morning break
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00
Human Resource Leadership Stills
Speaker: Mark Stevens
 Selecting and Retaining Quality Talent
 Staff Development
 Succession Planning
3:00 – 3:15
Break
3:15 – 4:50
Professional Nursing Practice
Speaker: Sandy Evans
 Elements of a Profession
 Role of the Nurse Leader
 Situational Leadership
 Idaho Nurse Practice Act
 Legal Issues for Nurse Leaders
 Case Studies
4:50 – 5:00
Q & A, Debrief and Closure
5:00 – 6:00
Networking Reception
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Foundations for Leadership Excellence
Healthcare Finance for Leaders: Raising Your Financial IQ
Agenda
DAY THREE: Wednesday, April 29, 2015
8:00 – 8:30
Check-in, Introductions and Overview of the Day
8:30 – 9:15
Current Healthcare Environment
Speaker (all-day): Kathleen Nelson
 External National Forces
 External Drivers
9:15 – 10:45
Financial Statements and Terminology
Includes short
morning break
Financial Statements
 Balance Sheet
 Income Statement
 Departmental Monthly Report
Financial Terminology
 Basic Equation
 Volume Measures
 Acuity/Intensity Measures
10:45 – 12:00
Includes short
morning break
Budget Planning 101
 Budget Plan
 Payroll Expenses
 Fixed vs. Variable Costs
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30
Budget Planning 101 (Continued)
 Budget Worksheet (Group Exercise)
 Translating to Staffing and Scheduling
 Drivers of Staffing Variations
 Variance Analysis
 Capital Budgets
 Depreciation
2:30 – 2:45
Break
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
2:45 – 3:15
Business Plan Development…Negotiating Resources
 Purpose
 Key Components
 Group Exercise
3:15 – 4:30
Financial Management and Accountability
 Performance and Management
 Balancing Cost, Quality and Service
 Building a Culture of Financial Health
4:30 – 5:00
Q & A, Debrief and Closure
5:00 – 6:00
Networking Reception
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Foundations for Leadership Excellence
Your Team: Setting Expectations and Enhancing Performance
Agenda
DAY FOUR: April 30, 2015
8:00 – 8:30
Check-in, Introductions and Overview of the Day
8:30 – 11:30
Leading Your Team
Speaker: Randy Hudspeth
 Effective Meetings
 Change Management
 Employee Engagement
 Shared Governance/Shared Decision-making
 Negotiation, Persuasion and Influence
 Moving from a Culture of Accountability to a Culture of
Ownership
Includes short
morning break
11:30 – 12:00
LUNCH
12:00 – 2:00
Human Resource and Performance Management
Speaker: Amy Bearden
 Setting Performance Expectations
 Objective Behavior Feedback
 Improving Performance/Performance Coaching
 Managing Conflict
 Managing Disruptive Behavior
 Case Studies
2:00 – 2:15
Break
2:15 – 5:00
Performance Management: Handling Discipline
Speaker: ____________________
 Progressive Discipline
 Just Culture
 Crucial Conversations
 Best laid plans…When it doesn’t go as planned.
 Case Studies
5:00 – 5:15
Career Planning: A Strategic Approach
Speaker: Pam Strohfus
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
5:15 – 5:30
Q & A, Debrief and Closure
5:30 – 7:00
Networking Reception with Academic Partners and
Professional Organizations
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Foundations for Leadership Excellence
Achieving Excellence
Agenda
DAY FIVE: May 1, 2015
8:00 – 8:15
Check-in, Introductions and Overview of the Day
8:15 – 10:15
Quality Management and Performance Improvement
Speakers: Martha Jaworski, (Martha will seek Quality speaker),
and Sr. Barbara Glodowski
 VBP
 Quality and Safety
 Role of Nurse Leader in Monitoring Quality
 Best Practices
 Engaging Staff and Physicians in Quality Efforts
 HCAHPS
10:15 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 12:30
Excellence in Practice
Speaker: Pam Strohfus
 Nursing Theory
 Nursing Research
 Practical Leadership
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 2:30
Biomedical and Technological Advances
Speaker: ____________________
2:30 – 2:45
Break
2:45 – 4:15
Advancing Excellence: Predictions
Speaker: Margaret Henbest
 Full Circle: IOM/ACA
 Interprofessional Relationships
 Becoming Influential
 Your Professional Persona
 Nurses on Boards
 Giving Effective Presentations/Elevator Speech
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager
4:15 – 4:30
Reflections from Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Speakers: Deena Rauch and Margaret Henbest
4:30 – 5:00
Leadership Commissioning and Course Closure
Speaker: ____________________
Nurse Leaders of Idaho
Deena Rauch, Project Manager