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...programs have in common.
Leaders for Tomorrow, Blanchard Valley Health Association
Blanchard Valley Health Association, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, is a multifacility health-care system that employs 1700 "associates." Founded by a group of nuns in the late 19th century to serve poor women and children, the system now serves several counties and is best known in the community for its flagship 150-bed trauma center.
A needs assessment undertaken by BVHA's organizational development and education department in 2002, revealed a need to train supervisors and managers in leadership skills that were closely tied to the work, says Amy Kincaid, education specialist. There was a need to identify, train, and assess competencies long term, she says.
Leaders for Tomorrow was developed with a dual emphasis: to teach basic management skills and to integrate knowledge and skills. What would be included in the latter category was designed with BVHA's unique needs in mind. The Health Care Advisory Board, a U.S. accrediting organization, had identified 42 executive competencies for its members. An in-house group of directors at BVHA reviewed that list and narrowed it to the 15 competencies most important in frontline leaders in their organization.
"These are high-level, long-term skills," Kincaid emphasizes.
A pilot of LTP was launched in February 2003. Since then, two more classes of 12 have commenced; there are three...
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