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In this episode, Renee DeSilva sits down with Liz Bickley, the COO of Korn Ferry Health, to discuss how to empower the next generation of women leaders in healthcare. Liz walks us through the findings of their latest ‘Women CEOs Speak’ report, including progress towards representation goals for 2025 and the variety of career paths and experiences for today’s women CEOs. In addition, they cover the evolving skillsets for the CEO of the future, and what organizations need to do today to support their high potentials.   Highlights from the conversation: Liz’s background and the context of today’s talent challenges (2:50) A breakdown of the Women CEOs Speak report (8:40) The structural barriers that restrict opportunities and the talent pipeline (12:55) Why tomorrow’s successful CEOs need to transform and perform (16:05) Charting the non-linear career paths to the CEO position (20:20) Organizational responsibilities for ensuring advancement opportunities (24:50) Liz’s advice for women aspiring to become CEOs (24:40) Why Liz would invite Jacinda Ardern and Queen Elizabeth II to her table (29:50)

Renee DeSilva invites you to The Table, a podcast brought to you by The Health Management Academy. Twice a month, we’ll serve up new perspectives on the key issues in healthcare, featuring innovators from across the industry. We believe if the right leaders have a seat at The Table, relationships thrive, and real change is possible. 

Highlights from the conversation: How Sage’s clinical and social training work influenced her current role (2:37) Facing the challenges of philanthropy work in health systems (7:16) Playing the long game in fundraising (11:06) Using the power of storytelling (15:03) Addressing the challenges of generational differences in giving (18:17) How to engage the CEO and health boards around the philanthropy mission? (24:02) Sage’s dream table and concluding thoughts (30:05)

Highlights from the conversation: Growing up in Nigeria and seeing firsthand the role of government (2:25) The state of health care policy today (6:18) Advice to policy makers on how to build effective messaging for their position (14:44) Adaeze’s move to a private equity firm (WCAS) (17:50) Opportunities to create value in healthcare (22:20) What challenges are healthcare boards facing today? (25:18) Leading as a woman of color on a board (32:11)  Adaeze’s dream table and concluding thoughts (34:25)

Highlights from the conversation: Nursing workforce challenges (2:37) Bringing joy and meaning back into work (9:13) Working with your executive teams (16:24) Transforming the nursing workforce (20:56) Mary Ann’s dream table (23:49) Interested in joining our Nursing Catalyst team's upcoming webinar? Sign up today, for free, here. 

Highlights from the conversation: Introduction to today’s guest, Dr. Cheryl Pegase. (0:07) How does Walmart’s vision for healthcare work. (2:33) What has science taught us about well being. (5:36) Walmart’s take on the access barriers in healthcare. (11:01) The power of an organization with roots in retail applying zip code-level insight to the healthcare challenge (15:51) How do you move with greater speed and intention and decision-making? (21:01) When I started, we needed to connect all of our assets to one platform (23:59) How does Cheryl’s personal experience show up in her leadership and identity? (30:36) Lean into the people who want to support you and say no to those who do not. (34:52) How do we improve care? How do we get people to participate in clinical studies? (40:14)

Highlights from the conversation: Pete’s background and career journey (2:25) Channeling AI from other industries (4:40) The landscape of AI in healthcare today (6:18) Defining “artificial intelligence” (8:34) Maturity on the common use cases (10:04) Implementing AI for greater team member efficiency (18:46) Measuring ROI (25:44) What success looks like in an ever-evolving future (29:45) Advice for board members (38:29) Microsoft and Nuance partnership (41:50) Pete’s dream table (46:44)

Highlights from the conversation: Maxine’s background and career journey (3:13) The opportunity of “the great resignation” (7:35) Reimagining the employee experience (12:50) Building from non-traditional backgrounds (17:41) Incorporating values into day-to-day work (24:12) Why equity and inclusion matters (28:22) Maxine’s dream table (35:29)

Highlights from the conversation: Cindy’s early shaping influences (3:32) The deeply emotional Pyx origin story (5:24) Defining loneliness (7:56) Resolving loneliness (10:22) Technology with compassion (15:20) Highlights of the Thrive program (18:10) Starting with government-insured populations (20:28) Future partnerships and growth (23:27) Navigating a deeply emotional origin story (26:46) Being the only _____ in a room (30:00) Cindy’s dream table (32:51)

Highlights from the conversation: Roxanna’s background and career journey (2:31) About WellSpan Health (5:59) Reimagining the patient experience (7:20) Using technology to further a mission (10:39) Partnership as a key part to strategy achievement (14:49) CEOs coming from a nursing background (18:10) Building pathways to executive leadership (21:54) Roxanna’s dream table (24:30)

Highlights from the conversation: About Healthcare Climate ActionWorks (3:06) Neal’s background and career journey (4:10) Why the climate crisis is a healthcare crisis (6:22) Taking the steps required to move forward (8:50) Defining “net zero commitments” and “ESG” (10:49) Good examples of change makers moving forward (15:17) Thinking about governance and decision making (18:19) The state of our progress today (21:06) How to lead on climate action (25:26) Neal’s previous books (29:49) How to get started writing a book (31:29) Neal’s dream table (33:45)

Highlights from the conversation: Daryl’s background and career journey (3:13) Daryl’s personal experience with anxiety (5:30) Managing the communication process with colleagues (9:34) Caring about folks in the workplace (12:59) The draw and mission of One Mind (14:47) Getting behind the movement (18:40) The importance yet insufficiency of resilience (21:17) Foundational elements leaders need (23:57) What it means to be mental health certified (26:01) How to meet team members where they are (27:52) 5-year conversation target (30:22) How to approach personal wellbeing (36:27) Daryl’s dream table (39:49)

Highlights from the conversation: Pete’s background and career journey (2:17) External versus internal C suite hires (6:34) What’s different about the CEO position (8:46) BSW’s new strategic direction (10:48) How the pandemic has affected health care leadership (14:30) BSW’s 10-year mission (22:45) Succession planning (24:20) Pete’s dream table (34:00)

Highlights from the conversation: Angela’s role and how she got there (0:30) Key factors that shortened the time frame of creating the vaccine (9:44) Global collaboration across the scientific community (14:29) Moving forward with the lessons gleaned (18:48) The behavioral side of light speed (24:51) How to think about well-being in a stressed workforce (30:59) Anegla’s personal background (36:15) Angela’s dream table (44:28)

Highlights from the conversation: Heather’s background and career journey (2:38) Defining “well-being” (7:51) How ChristianaCare brought joy back to work (9:27) Orchestrating strategy as a chief wellness officer (11:42) What constitutes an organizational culture of well-being (13:40) Bottoms-up things that have worked in a local environment (17:58) Curating well-being based on gender and ethnic diversity (22:21) The healthcare workforce rescue package (25:30) What success looks like (28:49) How to unplug and keep yourself grounded (32:00) Heather’s ideal table (34:32)

Topics in this conversation include:  The early forces that impacted Tom’s interest in healthcare (2:49)   Primary factors influencing healthcare workers to remain with an organization (6:16) The power of a nudge to momentum building career roles (12:11) Why women physicians are burning out at higher rates than their male counterparts (13:55) Defining trust and how to cultivate it with patients and employees (19:35) How to effectively provide transparent and curated patient feedback data (27:55) The two people Dr. Tom Lee would invite for a conversation at his table (32:12)

Highlights from the conversation: Mia’s career journey (2:50) Building a diverse board (7:32) The Break into the Boardroom program (12:39) The power of cultivating talent in rising leaders (15:08) In-demand qualities for executive leaders (21:49) Retaining talent in “the great resignation” (27:10) Mia’s ideal table (32:50)

Highlights from the conversation: Dan’s background and career journey (3:35) Managing benefits from an employee perspective (10:13) Allocating Avalere Health’s first investment (12:13) How Dan shapes his core team (14:34) Avalere’s current undertakings (18:00) The Kaiser partnership (22:11) Adopting models you're not directly involved in (25:12) Success measuring metric (27:26) Patient affordability (28:43) Passing on leadership lessons (30:53) Staying grounded at a frenetic pace (34:29) Dream conversation partners (37:11)

In this year-end recap, Renee DeSilva highlights some of the key topics of The Table throughout 2021 as well as where episodes will focus in 2022. Health equity, the current challenges of health systems, and leadership characteristics were all themes this past year and Renee looks forward to discussing these topics further along with practical steps that health systems can take to make progress in these areas over the coming year. Renee wraps up this episode with sharing her personal and professional answer to the question she asks each guest -- who would they invite to their personally curated table for conversation and why.

Topics in this conversation include:  Andrew shares successful methods from non-healthcare boards as they search for new members for their board with the goal of creating diverse, functional, effective boards. 3:44 Organizations are focusing on board diversity but in order to create this type of diversity, organizations will have to change how and where they look for board members. 12:09 Andrew discusses several tips for individuals looking to serve on boards, including preparing a board bio and questions the individual should ask a board before committing. 17:28 The commitment of being on a board should not be underestimated, specifically in regard to time, with around 8 hours of time being spent outside of board meetings for every hour spent in board meetings. 21:02 Andrew and Renee look at the workforce challenges facing the current healthcare industry and share thoughts about how this issue might be resolved in the next 3-5 years. 27:07