‘It really allows us to anticipate and respond to the future’
As a hospital that has been acknowledged for its customer satisfaction, leaders at St. Joseph’s Hospital are seeing opportunities for other health-care institutions that adopt the approach.
Programs at St. Joseph’s engages colleagues in servant leadership learning
As mission educator and chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Father Frank Corradi has been working with colleagues to support, develop and execute servant leadership programs.
David Fish encourages interested health-care organizations to ‘begin the journey’
David Fish says servant leadership provides people and organizations the opportunity to find fulfilment in their work, and is fitting for the health care field as it faces changes and challenges.
‘You need to find the most complementary and self-fulfilling setting for your work as possible’
St. Joseph’s Hospital has engaged the entire organization in its servant leadership program, ensuring that regardless of the person or position everyone can be a leader and servant to others, says David Fish.
Hospital flipped organizational structure, included everyone in initiative
When asked what drove St. Joseph’s Hospital to start its journey into servant leadership close to 20 years ago, David Fish recalls it was when he was prompted to think that “there is more to work than simply work.”
The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership is hosting its 17th annual Leadership Institute for Educators (LIFE) conference March 3-4 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
‘I can’t think of anything more worthwhile than that endeavour to shift your culture to allow people and leaders to serve others more effectively’
The Cleveland Clinic is changing its culture through embedding the servant leadership approach in the organization with the view to deliver extraordinary patient experiences every day.
Servant leadership has great potential for bolstering organizations to get results on both a mission and profit level, says servant leader advocate Ward Clapham.
Thought leader Dr. Ken Jennings to share findings at upcoming conference
Dr. Ken Jennings says there has always been a lot of interest from health care professionals in servant leadership and the timing is right for an inaugural servant leadership conference focusing on the field.
