This session focuses on the importance of leadership and its impact on outcomes, finances, and culture – all paramount ingredients in the foundation for an organization’s journey to nursing excellence. Learn about different ways you can evaluate your organization from both the unit and organizational level using data typically at your fingertips, as well as situations you’ll find yourself in that will require a Leadership Excellence Action Plan.

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This session will also help you to learn tips for determining the level of effectiveness of your action plan; considerations for keeping your Designation timeline in mind when building your Leadership Excellence Action Plan; and to learn some viable solutions when you determine your Action Plan is not effective.This session is valuable to hospital leadership members who are responsible for evaluating people and performance, making hiring decisions, and who impact the overall outcomes and culture of an organization, i.e. Nurse executives, hospital C-Suite members, directors, and nurse managers. Theresa McGuire, MSN, RN-BC, is a Vice President of Nursing Excellence, Project Management with HealthLinx. Theresa has over 25 years of professional nursing experience, which includes clinical nursing, leadership, and professional development. Her expertise includes planning, implementing, and evaluating educational programs; shared governance; mentorship; and transition to practice programs.

Theresa is a nationally recognized expert on onboarding new graduate nurses. She has presented a wide range of topics to various audiences at the local, national, and international levels. Brad Robinson is a Vice President of Leadership Excellence with Healthlinx. In this role, Brad strives to provide hospital leaders transformational improvements in culture, quality, patient satisfaction, process and financial performance. Brad’s main goal is to collaborate with hospital leaders to ensure improved quality and patient experience and create healthy cultures. HealthLinx’ proven processes along with Brad’s many years of clinical and operations experience provides the perfect solution to hospitals in need of change and improvement. Brad understands the unique challenges hospital leaders face today in balancing excellent clinical outcomes while managing tight margins in this new era of healthcare reform.StrengthsBrad’s strengths include an unrelenting passion for clinical excellence, persistent operational successes, and an unforgiving dedication to patient safety and satisfaction.

Melinda Gevaart, MSN, RN, NE-BC is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with Healthlinx. She has 35 years of healthcare experience including the specialty areas of cardiovascular services, education, project management, nursing quality, and leadership.

Melinda most recently served as the Magnet Program Director and System Manager for Nursing Quality. She has extensive experience with shared governance and authoring annual nursing reports. Melinda is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Nurse Executive.

Melissa Adams is the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Logistics at HealthLinx. In the wide-ranging scope of this role she oversees all leadership-related functions, project coordination, Human Resources, and Administrative support. Melissa is dedicated to the mission and vision of HealthLinx, knowing that by creating better outcomes through high-performing leadership and culture, we can help improve healthcare delivery in facilities across the nation. Her detail-oriented, proactive approach helps to drive the organization to success.

Melissa joined HealthLinx in 2005 and worked in roles of increasing responsibility within the organization, including Operations Consultant, Operations Manager, Director of Operations, and AVP. Her experience in project management, data analysis, and creating and standardizing processes serves her teams and the organization as a whole.Along with a degree in Multi-Skilled Health Technology, Melissa earned a Massage Therapy Certification from Lakeland Community College to further her understanding of healthcare.×.

Jeff is a Vice President of Client Solutions – Nursing & Leadership Excellence with HealthLinx. In this role, his primary responsibility is to discover risks and challenges (such as underperforming outcomes) to his clients’ path toward Nursing and Leadership Excellence. When barriers to excellence arise, Jeff partners with his clients to develop business cases and strategies that examine the most efficient and cost effective solutions to improve outcomes and, ultimately, the quality of patient care.

Since joining HealthLinx in 2005, Jeff has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, ranging from Operations Consultant to Executive Leadership Consultant, and he helped launch HealthLinx Transitional Leadership in 2006.Jeff has over 15 years of executive-level recruitment, sales, client strategy, and complex project management experience in healthcare. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Hiram College.×. Lamar is a Vice President of Client Solutions – Nursing & Leadership Excellence with HealthLinx. In this role, his primary responsibility is to discover risks and challenges (such as underperforming outcomes) to his clients’ path towards Nursing and Leadership Excellence.

When barriers to excellence arise, Lamar partners with his clients to develop business cases and strategies that examine the most efficient and cost effective solutions to improve outcomes and, ultimately, the quality of patient care.Since joining HealthLinx in 2011, Lamar has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, ranging from Leadership Solutions Specialist to Client Solutions Manager to Vice President of Client Solutions.Lamar has over 30 years of business expertise. Over 22 of those years were in executive leadership roles where he led various teams to highly successful outcomes. Lamar’s expertise includes Executive Leadership, Business Consulting, Business Analysis, and Business Coaching.

Lamar is a graduate of The Ohio State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.Lamar utilizes his expertise to help organizations synthesize their current situation as it relates to Nursing & Leadership Excellence. Lamar takes great pride in supporting organizations in achieving and maintaining Magnet® and Pathway to Excellence® designations, for which the HealthLinx Nursing Excellence team has nearly a 100% client success rate.If your organization is looking to:.

Advance your Operational Nursing Excellence. Improve patient outcomes & satisfaction. Generate greater positive financial impactContact Lamar today to take advantage of the HealthLinx Complimentary Planning Summit to support your team.×. Rebecca Allard serves as a Vice President of Leadership Excellence at HealthLinx. In this role, her primary responsibility is to fully assess and diagnose a client’s leadership challenges and outcomes risks, then customize the most strategic, efficient, and effective plan for acquiring a permanent leader. She has over 18 years of executive-level leadership, executive-level recruitment, sales, client strategy, and complex project management experience, primarily in the field of healthcare. As a consultant across many service lines and specialties in Healthcare, Kelly is able to provide customized, permanent and transitional leadership solutions and Nursing Operational Excellence consulting for hospitals nationwide.

As Senior Vice President of Leadership Excellence – Permanent Leadership Acquisition at HealthLinx, Cassie is responsible for ensuring effective processes are deployed to client hospitals related to managing and mitigating threats that could stand in the way of acquiring the right Permanent Leader within a defined timeframe. As a Senior Leadership Consultant, Hannah brings over four years of progressive leadership in healthcare, recruitment, and sales – exemplifying key strengths in relationship building, project management, and an intense focus on providing superior client satisfaction. In her current role, she provides nursing leaders with guidance and advocacy in various forms, such as distinguishing career goals, resume assistance, interview coaching, negotiation, and overall transition support. As a proven leader, Hannah brings immense knowledge, tenacity, and above all, an authentic approach and passion in sourcing the ideal position for any given nursing leader.She began her career with HealthLinx as a Leadership Representative and grew into her current role.

Hannah received her bachelor’s degree from Ohio University with an interdisciplinary background in health services and business administration.×. As a Senior Leadership Consultant at HealthLinx, Nikki brings over 16 years Customer Service, Management, and Recruitment expertise as she partners with hospitals and leaders nationwide. In this role, Nikki works to help foster successful connections for both short-term consulting and permanent placement through Transitional and Permanent solutions.

She strives to create positive and long-lasting relationships with both leaders and clients to provide the most valuable solutions and outcomes for all involved, while being a resource in resume writing, interview coaching, negotiations, and in providing assistance and support for onboarding and transition.Contact Nikki today if you’re active pursuing your next leadership role or simply keeping your options open for very select roles.×. Elliot Berry, Senior Leadership Consultant with HealthLinx, brings to this position over 17 years of recruitment and market analysis experience and hundreds of successful career matches for nurse leaders with healthcare systems. Since joining HealthLinx in 1999, Elliot’s primary focus has been to foster a connection between the desires of experienced healthcare leaders and the needs of our hospital clients for Permanent and Transitional Leadership solutions.Originally focused on Women’s and Children’s Services leaders, Elliot brings a vast amount of knowledge and experience to the process of assisting leaders find the ideal job in their nursing leadership specialty. His mission is to ensure that leaders:. Are aware of all potential promotional opportunities available nationally. Have the assistance they deserve to outline and articulate their unique talents and outcomes.

Are supported throughout the interview process, salary negotiations, and on-boarding in their new role. Have continued support throughout their tenure at their new organizationContact Elliot today if you’re keeping your options open and ready to explore a new role in nursing leadership.×. Darlene serves as a Vice President, Leadership Excellence at HealthLinx. In this consultative role she uses a collaborative approach to Healthcare Project Management, inspiring partnerships with healthcare executives and organizations across the nation. Her ability to cultivate effective operational relationships with key decision makers and professional leaders provides considerable value to the success of healthcare organizations and ultimately to the delivery of safe, quality patient care.BackgroundDarlene brings over 25 years of nursing experience in direct patient care, clinical instruction, and administrative leadership.

Tammy Driver is a Vice President of Leadership Excellence with HealthLinx. In this role she assesses and addresses opportunities for outcomes improvement relating to hospital efficiency/waste and quality metrics, as well as culture and the patient experience. Chad brings almost 20 years of business analysis, management, leadership, and business development experience to the position of VP of Leadership Service Delivery with HealthLinx. In this role, Chad’s primary focus is to lead teams of experienced Senior Leadership Consultants and Leader Representatives to find the best leadership solutions in Healthcare. Seeking to find Transitional and Permanent solutions to our client’s leadership needs through utilization of our teams extensive network of relationships with Nurse Managers, Service Line Directors, and C-suite Executives. Chad began his career with HealthLinx as an Operations Consultant, then as a Senior Leadership Consultant, and grew into his current role where he provides leadership to multiple teams and associates.Prior to joining HealthLinx, Chad spent three years as an academic advisor in higher education and, previous to that, nine years as Director of Operations for a real estate development company in Columbus, Ohio.

Chad earned his MBA from Ohio Dominican University and Bachelor of Education degree from Bowling Green State University.×. Michelle Trautman, MSN, RN is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with Healthlinx. Michelle has 24 years of professional nursing experience including direct care, education, leadership and professional development. She has been involved in the Magnet® Designation process for over 10 years and has training as a Magnet® appraiser. She has been responsible for multiple Magnet® designations including leading a successful initial designation and co-authoring several successful redesignations for both individual hospitals and a system. Michelle is a member of the American Nurses Association, the Arizona Nurses Association, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Holli Roberts, DNP, RN is a Vice President Nursing Excellence Project Management with HelathLinx.

She has more than 30 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, education, management and leadership positions. Roberts has been involved with the Magnet® designation process for over 9 years. She also served as a Pathway to Excellence® lead appraiser. Roberts is adjunct faculty at two universities. She has extensive experience in benchmarking, evaluating and interpreting healthcare quality data as compared to national, state and local databases including NDNQI, Press Ganey and National Healthcare Safety Network.

Katherine Riley, MSN, RN is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with HealthLinx. Katherine has over 30 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, leadership, and professional development. She has served in a variety of nursing leadership positions including senior director, ACNO, and Interim CNO. In these roles, she has guided several organizations to successful Magnet® designation and re-designation.

Katherine is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on nursing excellence and Magnet®. She is board certified as a Nurse Executive through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and holds a Green Belt in Six Sigma. Marilyn Pearson Morales, PhD, RN-BC, FNP, is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with HealthLinx. She has over 30 years of professional nursing experience, having served as Director of Nursing Professional Development, Practice and Research; Director of Education; and Assistant Professor of Nursing. Morales has been responsible for several Magnet® designations, including several as co-author. She has extensive experience as an executive for nursing orientation and education, professional development, nursing practice, shared governance, and authoring annual nursing reports.

Morales has served as faculty at three colleges and universities, as well as primary investigator for four nursing studies, and published a paper on RN satisfaction and NDNQI indicators. Marilyn is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Nursing Professional Development. She is also a member of the Virginia Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and the Association for Nursing Professional Development. She is a Certificate Holder Fundamentals of Magnet®.Dr. Elaine Joyal, MS, RN, NE-BC is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with HealthLinx. She has over 35 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, leadership, and education positions.

Elaine is a healthcare nursing leader with a focus on improving the practice environment and patient outcomes. She has been involved in the Magnet designation process for 22 years.

Elaine guided a hospital to two successful Magnet® designations, including an initial designation and re-designation. Elaine has also served as a Magnet® appraiser for several years. She is board certified through the ANCC as a Nurse Executive.

Elaine is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Organization of Nurse Executives, Rhode Island State Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International.Elaine’s Outcomes. Led successful Magnet® designations, both initial and first re-designation. Janice Hodges, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with HealthLinx. She has over 40 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, education, advanced practice, and leadership positions. Janice has been involved in the Magnet® designation process for over 12years.

Vicki Haag, DHA, MS, RN is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Project Management with HealthLinx. She has more than 35 years of professional nursing experience in the specialty areas of obstetrics, perioperative services, education, project management, and leadership. Vicki has served as a director and coordinator for the Magnet Recognition® Journey for eight years and is a Certificate Holder in the Fundamentals of Magnet®. Cindy Henry, MSN, RN, CEN is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Analytics with HealthLinx. She has more than 40 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, educator, management, and leadership positions.

Cindy has been involved with the Magnet® designation process for over 12 years. Celeste Felix, MSN, RN, is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Strategy with HealthLinx. She has over 35 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, advanced practice, educator, and management positions.

Celeste has been involved with the Magnet® designation process for over 12 years. Clarke, PhD, RN, NE-BC is a Vice President Nursing Excellence, Analytics with HealthLinx. She has more than 34 years of professional nursing experience that includes direct care, advanced practice, and director-level positions. Clarke has served as an Informatics Nurse Specialist, Director of Nursing Clinical & Professional Development, Director of Nursing Practice, Research and Innovation, and Magnet Program Director.

She has provided oversight for two successful Magnet® designations at two different organizations. She is board certified in Informatics and Nurse Executive through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Clarke is also a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and the American Nurses Association. She also teaches online BSN completion and graduate-level programs.Dr. Valerie serves as a Vice President, Outcomes Improvement at HealthLinx. In this role she partners with the executive teams of hospitals to achieve excellence in clinical and process outcomes. Valerie provides partnered consultation, best practice strategies, and customized solutions to help hospitals improve outcomes and the quality of patient care by optimizing their leadership and programs.

Valerie has the unique opportunity to bring her experience in hospital administration to help her clients improve patient care. She excels in leading positive change in healthcare organizations.Valerie brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience, including deep understanding of Case Management, Employee Engagement, Service Excellence with a keen understanding of HCAHPS, Process Improvement utilizing Six Sigma, Hospital Throughput, Large-scale Project Management, and Positive Change Management. She is an expert in cultivating productive relationships with both decision makers and executive leaders and has a stellar reputation for delivering innovative, sound strategies along with proven tactics for achieving positive results. Suzanne Miller is a Vice President of Outcomes Improvement with Healthlinx. In this role, Suzanne’s main goal is to collaborate with hospital leaders to ensure improved quality and patient experience and create healthy cultures. Using HealthLinx proven processes, Suzanne assesses areas of opportunities within a hospital with an unrelenting focus on providing a meaningful process improvement.

As a former CNO, Suzanne understands the unique challenges hospitals have (and will continue to have) with regards to improving patient centered outcomes.StrengthsBuilding relationships is Suzanne’s number one strength. Whether it is with a staff nurse, a patient, a physician, a board member or a member of the executive team, Suzanne quickly develops trusted and genuine relationships with a combination of content expertise and a positive attitude. Suzanne does not give up and loves a good challenge.

She firmly believes that if you put the patient at the center of your decisions you will always succeed. In addition, Suzanne is a passionate patient safety advocate and an excellent speaker who regularly provides presentations and leads group meetings.BackgroundPrior to joining HealthLinx, Suzanne held various leadership roles in hospital operations including Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Clinical Education, Risk Management, and Accreditation and 5 years as CNO. Prior to becoming a nurse, Suzanne worked in the business world and even owned her own successful small business. Heather Darling is the Executive Vice President of Clients Insights & Engagement at HealthLinx. In this role she aligns the struggles experienced by hospitals with the value delivered by HealthLinx and its proven processes for outcomes improvement through high-performing nurse leaders and culture. She focuses on the use of technology and digital media to develop strategies and processes for increasing marketing engagement and comprehensive client understanding.

Heather joined HealthLinx in 2014 as Web Marketing Strategist and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing in 2016 and then Executive VP of Client Insights & Engagement in early 2019.Heather brings to HealthLinx over 15 years of experience in marketing and project management. She has presented on the topic of social media marketing at national non-profit industry conferences, and her fingerprints can be seen on the websites, email campaigns, and social media campaigns of companies in the healthcare, foodservice, construction, and non-profit industries.

She embraces her label as a tech-geek and is constantly searching for the latest and greatest digital channels to add to her marketing arsenal. Heather is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.×. Matt joined HealthLinx as a Board Member in 1997, and in 2001 he was hired in his current capacity as COO.His driving focus is simple: improved outcomes for client facilities through high-performing leaders and culture.“Every day my goal is to set the standard for performance in our market. That means we provide the best leaders both Transitional and Permanent faster than any other organization. Our numbers tell the story.

Currently, our Leadership Excellence Solution produces well over one million dollars in Positive Financial Impact and we complete these projects in 120 days. That’s unheard of. Most competitors are in facilities for 3 to 4 times as long.“Further, when a facility pursues Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation, we make sure they receive designation 100% of the time.“When a facility has a great culture and great leaders, they possess a competitive advantage unmatched by their competitors.”Matt holds a Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School, a Masters of Business Administration from Capital University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.×. Julie Berry, founder and CEO of HealthLinx Executive Search, has specialized in healthcare executive search for over 20 years. Since the company’s founding in 1997, HealthLinx has grown into a healthcare solutions firm focused on mitigating risks and improving hospital outcomes through high-performing leadership and culture – and ultimately improving hospital financial performance and quality of patient care.

What began out of the basement of her apartment has evolved into the nation’s top Nursing & Leadership Excellence partner. HealthLinx is the only firm in the world which offers Executive Search, Transitional Leadership, and Nursing Excellence consultation for both Magnet® and Pathway to Excellence® designations.Julie has personally partnered with hospitals of all sizes on hundreds of successful searches, and she has overseen nearly one thousand completed searches in hospitals all over the country.Julie holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Capital University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The Ohio State University. As a lawyer and an expert in her field, Julie is considered a valuable resource to both her clients and candidates, and a valuable consultant to her peers.×.

Kristin Whitehead, MSN, RN, is a EVP Organizational Excellence with HealthLinx. She has 26 years of healthcare experience in Prehospital/Emergency/Critical Care Services, Magnet®, and executive leadership.

Kristin has extensive knowledge and experience as a Magnet® Program Director and in clinical/business operations including performance improvement, customer satisfaction, revenue/productivity enhancement, cost reduction, throughput/patient flow, and human resources. She is a proven leader with intense focus on building positive physician relationships, cultivating staff engagement, and leading change. Gina Boring, MSN, RN, NE-BC has over 30 years of nursing experience that includes emergency nursing and Magnet® Project Director roles.

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She has consulted on successful initial and redesignation Magnet® applications, including one that received an international award. Gina is a nationally recognized expert and lecturer on Magnet® and has authored several papers on Magnet® designation. Paul utilizes his 20 years in Emergency Services to directly impact and offer innovative solutions to hospitals throughout the nation.StrengthsPaul’s strengths include his dynamic leadership and team building skills, with an emphasis in Emergency and Trauma Services.