LEAD Awards 2018: Interview with Craig Uthe and Darren Walker, Sanford Health
Helping Sanford’s Leaders Grow
Posted on 08-30-2018, Read Time: - Min
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Category: Best Social Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing LEAD AWARD RANK:2
Category: Best Use of Team Building
LEAD AWARD RANK:2
Organization: Sanford Health
Program: Sanford Leading the Way
Program Director: Craig Uthe, MD and Darren Walker,
VP of Human Resources
Visit: www.sanfordhealth.org
Helping Sanford’s Leaders Grow
Our editorial team interviewed Craig Uthe, MD and Darren Walker, VP of Human Resources from Sanford Health at the LEAD2018 Awards this past February. Here are some excerpts from the exclusive interview.
What is the overall objective of your program?
- Align Sanford’s leadership development efforts with Sanford’s Mission, vision and strategic direction.
- Develop leaders that model the values, behaviors and practices of the desired Sanford culture.
- Serve as the primary “pipeline” through which selected individuals are prepared to serve as leaders throughout the organization, consistent with succession planning.
- Optimize the connection between the employee experience and the patient experience by building leadership competencies that foster employee engagement.
- Provide ongoing growth opportunities that support personal and career development of Sanford’s leaders.
Who do you impact with your program?
Physicians, advanced practice providers, senior executives, vice presidents and directors throughout the Sanford enterprise.
What are the lessons you’ve learned this year from facilitating your program?
- Importance of bringing both administration and physicians together in a program to help gain insight from each view
- Relationships built and friendships developed across the entire organization from gathering participants across the different regions
- Importance of leaving a legacy for the younger leaders
How do you measure the return on investment and success of the program?
- Increased engagement rates by staff under leaders who have been in the program.
- Turnover rates
- Promotions to leaders who have been through the program
What lies ahead for the program and how it will continue to succeed?
- Looking at expanding the program to get more participants in.
- Utilizing some of the tools in other programs and department meetings such as physician orientation, department chair meetings, etc.
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