OVERVIEW
Behind every workforce metric are leadership choices about how care teams are built, supported and sustained. Hospitals and health systems continue to navigate staffing pressures, burnout, rising labor costs and changing expectations for care delivery. Workforce strategy now shapes nearly every measure of organizational performance, including access, patient flow, financial stability and staff retention.
This leadership forum will bring together healthcare executives, HR leaders, clinical leaders and other senior decision-makers to examine how workforce strategy can better support people, operations, and organizational performance. Participants will explore how to move beyond reactive staffing responses to build more cohesive, strategy-driven solutions that connect people, operations, culture and financial performance.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Through expert-led sessions, peer discussions and Illinois-specific insights, you’ll leave with practical strategies to support workforce planning, strengthen team performance, and align workforce decisions with broader organizational priorities.
By the end of this program, you’ll be able to:
- Connect workforce pressures to key organizational outcomes, including access, patient flow, financial stability, retention and care delivery performance.
- Assess how leadership, trust and collaboration shape workforce culture, team performance and the organization’s ability to recruit and retain staff.
- Identify opportunities to move from reactive staffing responses toward a more coordinated workforce strategy that connects people, operations, culture and financial performance.
- Examine how data, technology, governance and targeted workforce strategies, including approaches to allied health staffing, can support workforce planning, decision-making and operational flexibility.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Hospital and health system executives
- Human resources leaders
- Physician and medical staff leaders
- Nursing leaders
- Operations leaders