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SEPTEMBER 2016
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Healthcare:
Witt/Kieffer consultants and partners in the firm's Healthcare practice have shared their insights in a thought leadership collection of best practices, titled "Executive Succession and Transition in Healthcare."
This guide aims to educate and support healthcare leaders in their pursuit of less tumultuous turnover and greater anticipation of future leadership needs.
Diversity: Witt/Kieffer is pleased to sponsor the NAHSE 31st Annual Educational Conference, October 11-14 in Las Vegas. Over 600 diverse healthcare professionals are expected to attend this year's conference, the theme of which is "Ready, Set, Lead: Transforming Healthcare."
IT Practice: Witt/Kieffer is pleased to announce that Principals Hillary Ross, J.D. and Chris Wierz will co-lead the firm's IT Practice. Both Hillary and Chris have established themselves as leaders in the industry and will share responsibility for guiding the practice's strategic initiatives and leading searches for IT leaders, including CMIOs, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and physician analytics executives.
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Walk to Rio: As part of living the mission of promoting the quality of life, Witt/Kieffer employees were challenged to support a more active lifestyle by participating in a "Step Challenge" (over 10 million steps) leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the end, employees walked the distance from Rio de Janeiro to Oak Brook, IL (the corporate office) and back in one month. The firm looks forward to additional wellness challenges throughout the year to continue improving the quality of life of employees.
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At a time of year when students head back to school and classes resume, this article for The Evolllution explores five innovative trends that are shaping academic leadership, with thoughts about the implications of each. These trends include the ubiquity of data, the rise of responsibility-centered management (RCM), non-traditional learning spaces, new methods of recruitment, and the need for diverse leadership. As Education practice managing partner Robin Mamlet states in the article, "In order for higher learning institutions to remain vital, addressing these issues is mandatory, not optional."
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Upstream Community Health Outreach in 8 Steps |
What if healthcare transforms itself and patients and communities don't understand these changes? To help keep this from happening Andrew Chastain, managing director of our Healthcare practice, shares eight steps that leaders can take in this article for Hospitals & Health Networks.
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Medical Education's Seismic Shift: Implications for Recruiting New Leaders | "Medical education is undergoing a significant and much-needed transformation," writes Joyce De Leo, Ph.D., consultant in Witt/Kieffer's Academic Medicine and Health Sciences practice, for The EvoLLLution. She explains that there must be a corresponding change in the way that medical school executives are developed.
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CNIO Survey Results |
As the primary liaison between IT and nursing, the chief nursing informatics officer (CNIO) is central to the success of today's healthcare organizations. Witt/Kieffer recently surveyed these nursing executives and their peers about the responsibilities, reporting relationships, and skills required of the position. Access the report here.
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Hospital Impact: Chief Clinical Officer Rises to the Top, Looks Sideways | Increasingly health systems need physician executives who can look across the network and see opportunities for clinical performance improvement, integration and coordination of care across the continuum. They need chief clinical officers (CCOs), explains senior partner Linda Komnick in FierceHealthcare.
Preparing to Take Office | By the end of your first semester, you should be able to check off the box on your to-do list that says, "Complete a smooth transition." In an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, senior partner Jean Dowdall, Ph.D., provides practical advice (with Joy Connelly) for academic leaders moving up into new roles.
Executive Search Firms: The Myths and Truths Behind Them |
What helps Jennifer Desjarlais, Ph.D. understand her clients in higher education? She's been in their shoes as an academic leader. "I think my experience has afforded me a specific lens through which to view the impact of excellent leadership on an organization's attainment of its goals and mission," she recently told Andrew Hibel of HigherEdJobs. This lens also allows her to share myths and truths of what search firms do, which she shares in this interview.
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How to Recruit an Athletic Director | In this blog, Greg Santore introduces Witt/Kieffer's newest resource for the Sports Leadership practice, entitled "Best Practices in AD Recruiting." He also shares several pieces to provide additional insight into the AD recruiting process.
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How Leaders Can Foster Innovation | This post summarizes Witt/Kieffer's participation in the BAB Innovation Conference in New York City, which focused on how talent and leadership strategies can foster innovation. The post includes a link to a video with highlights from speakers.
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AHA's 24th Annual Leadership Summit | Meeta Gandhi, Witt/Kieffer's summer intern, shares her experiences at the AHA Annual Leadership Summit, with Part One focusing on an inspirational speech by NBA legend Pat Riley, and Part Two discussing a panel discussion on diversity.
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Witt/Kieffer welcomed several new consulting staff members to the Healthcare and Education practices in recent months:
| Veena Abraham, J.D. is an associate in the firm's Education practice and is based in Miami, FL. Veena has held roles in higher education related to alumni programs. Prior to this work, she practiced law as a corporate immigration attorney.
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Alexis von Kunes Newton is an associate in Witt/Kieffer's Education practice. She has extensive experience in advising clients on strategic planning, leadership development and talent management. Alexis is based in Boston, MA.
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| Melaney Arruda is an associate in Witt/Kieffer's Healthcare practice and is based in the firm's Burlington, MA office. She has a comprehensive understanding of the executive search process and helps identify senior-level executives for hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare organizations.
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Sophie Stava, Education practice associate, is based in the firm's Irvine, CA office. Sophie has held development roles for higher education institutions and supports searches for senior academic leaders for colleges, universities and other not-for-profit organizations.
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Kim Brettschneider, senior associate in Witt/Kieffer's Education practice, is based in New York, NY. She has a wealth of executive search experience in the non-profit and social service sectors.
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Suzanne Teer is a consultant in Witt/Kieffer's Education practice. Her extensive experience in fundraising within the field of education spans annual giving, major and principal giving, and campaigns. Suzanne is based in the San Francisco area.
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Daniel Dimenstein is an associate in the firm's Healthcare practice. Dan helps identify top level executives in integrated health systems, hospitals and other healthcare services organizations. He is based in Oak Brook, IL.
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