Schedule*

Ignite's virtual sessions are designed to provide emerging interprofessional palliative and hospice leaders with insights into their individual leadership strengths and growth opportunities to advance their leadership contributions and career as attendees develop their leadership skills to find the path to "Yes!"

Thursday, October 12

All times below are listed in Central Time Zone.

9am - 12pm

Using StrengthsFinder Leadership Strategies to Increase the Performance of You and Your Team in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings
Christina Rowe, MSOL - The Collaborative LLC

Discover what makes you stand out using a strengths-based approach to create consistent and positive outcomes in everyday challenges. Strengths are the unique combination of talents, knowledge, and skills that every person possesses. You will complete a StrengthsFinder assessment which will help to identify personal strengths to focus on becoming a more effective leader.

In this engaging 3-hour session, you will learn how to develop and leverage your strengths during common friction points as well as times of abnormally high stress in the landscape of competing priories and work-life balance demands. You will engage in large and small group discussions, self-reflection, and scenario-based activities to learn strategies and tactics for applying a strengths-based approach to individual and team challenges.

Content focus areas include:

34 Talent Areas of Strengths for self and other team members.
Opportunities for applying individual strengths and devise plans to encourage growth and improve abilities to apply talents to those on your team.
Solutions to career and team challenges with a strengths-based approach to create consistent positive outcomes.
Using strengths to build resilience for you and your team.

12 - 1pm

Lunch Break

1 - 3:30pm

More Paths to 'Yes' in Leadership Conversations
Katie Neuendorf, MD FAAHPM - Cleveland

There are many nuanced skills in leadership. One of those skills is conversations to advocate for the needs of your program, your team, or yourself. While we in hospice and palliative care (HPC) pride ourselves in the art of difficult communication, somehow the communication skills that bring us success with patients fall flat in the board room. You will leave this session feeling prepared, and hopefully excited, for the challenge of your next difficult leadership conversation to find the path to "Yes!"