This document outlines the learning objectives and accreditation for a leadership strategies program for health care executives from March 15-20, 2015. The program aims to help participants: 1) explore issues around organizational change and apply approaches to facilitate acceptance of change and minimize resistance; 2) create a culture of operational excellence; and 3) understand design thinking and how it can stimulate innovation. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits for physicians.

1. LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES FOR EVOLVING HEALTH
CARE EXECUTIVES
MARCH 15 – 20, 2015
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
• Explore current issues that surround organizational change, learn systematic methods for
identifying target constituencies, and apply approaches to maximize positive acceptance
and minimize resistance
• Create a culture of operational excellence in a health care organization
• Recognize situations of vulnerability, including personal or organizational legal liability
in the delivery of quality medical care, and gain a legal perspective for making
management decisions
• Utilize the necessary tools to gain a firm grasp of your organization’s financial structure
to effectively bring your vision to reality
• Use interest-based negotiation, multidimensional problem solving, meta-leadership, and
effective techniques to build collaboration and manage conflicts across complex health
care systems
• Leverage the skills and processes necessary to transform and lead groups into productive
high-performing teams
• Grow your understanding of the management control activities that provide the formula
for financial success
• Develop the crucial qualities, actions, and approaches necessary to be a successful leader
• Understand new emerging areas in patient safety and identify key new areas of focus for
your healthcare institution
• Discuss change management in the context of a major initiative to focus on quality within
an academic organization
• Discover your own leadership and motivational style and how this knowledge can help
maximize your productivity and impact
• Gain insight into the broader skills and attributes needed to lead, the value of a diversity
of views and backgrounds, and the ability to assess others for leadership potential
• Understand design thinking and how it can be used as a process for stimulating
innovation in your organization
• Become familiar with Accountable Care Organizations including their major challenges,
how they will affect care and what health care executives need to know about their
current and future states
• Explore the major reasons for the high rate of failure within major IT initatives and
discuss pragmatic leadership approaches for ensuring a success

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ACCREDITATION
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this educational activity for a
maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category I CreditsTM
. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. If physician participants
wish to claim less than 30 AMA PRA Category I CreditsTM
, please notify ECPE staff prior to
the conclusion of the activity.
This activity is also designated to receive 3.0 (1/10 hours) Harvard Continuing Education
Units, equivalent to 30 contact hours of education.