Leadership Insights: Rewiring Leader Development—The Right Plan for the Right Person at the Right Time

Healthcare leaders are busier than ever. Today, one-third to one-half of them are new to their role (or to leadership itself). As healthcare complexity has increased, leadership experience has decreased. The realities of the past five years mean they haven’t had the opportunity for peer learning and networking as much as in the past. This is especially true for middle managers, and research shows that so much of organizational performance depends on them. The goal is to increase the skills of each leader in a way that is effective and efficient: Too little skill building will not achieve the needed outcome, and too much skill building can overwhelm a manager.

Quint Studer, co-founder of Healthcare Plus Solutions Group, will share his Precision Leader Development™ model, based on the principles of precision medicine. This personalized “N=1” approach—a powerful mix of self-awareness, supervisor assessment and behavioral testing—provides each candidate with the right development plan at the right time.

Participants will discover:

• Why the current industry environment demands a personalized approach to leader development (rather than an “off-the-shelf” solution)


• The importance of “diagnosing” a rising leader before “prescribing” a development plan


• The four major components of PLD and how they work together (Learning Strategies, Problem-Solving Style, Leader Skill Assessment, and Management By Strengths Behavior Assessment)


• Why starting leader development during the onboarding process is a powerful retention strategy—it shows new hires you plan to invest in them


• Why success depends on a strong, collaborative relationship with the leader’s one-up (and how to build that)