Coffee with the College

During this month’s podcast, we’re departing from our usual discussions of healthcare leadership and industry issues to talk about a topic that impacts healthcare personnel. The experience of being a working parent. This topic matters to healthcare because workforce availability, employee focus and staff wellbeing are all impacted by whether we feel our children are … Continue reading Episode 23: Working Parents: Michelle Yu →

Bill Santulli, president of the Midwest Region of Advocate Health, is our quarterly spotlight guest. In this podcast, Bill provides thoughtful insights into the internal values compass that guides his leadership approach. He also shares perspectives on what the FACHE credential has meant to his career, and points listeners to the wealth of info related … Continue reading Episode 22: Quarterly Spotlight: Bill Santulli →

This podcast is the first of several we will be featuring on the topic of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, also known as JEDI. We’re fortunate in Wisconsin to have several strong healthcare professional organization chapters – the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE), and the National … Continue reading Episode 21 – Part 1: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) →

In September 2022, ACHE-WI had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Nick Turkal as keynote speaker of the chapter’s annual conference. Nick served as President and CEO of Aurora Health Care for 12 years and is the current CEO of the Center for Health Education and Access. In this Coffee with the College segment, we catch … Continue reading Episode 20 – Coming Out of the Dark: Dr. Nick Turkal →

Our quarterly spotlight guest is Ryan Neville, President of the Wausau/Weston region of the Marshfield Clinic Health System. In describing his career journey, Ryan emphasizes the importance of meaningful relationships and connecting with people where they are. He learned this early in his healthcare career as an Occupational Therapist in Ohio. To take this a … Continue reading Episode 19: Quarterly Spotlight: Ryan Neville →

In this episode we discuss Breaking Down Silos with Mike Grubich, President and Chief Talent Officer at the LAK Group. Mike explains how thinking in systems versus functions can create a sense of mutual ownership of a service or product. Systems thinking opens communication lines and increases efficiency. Mike explains that shadowing by one function … Continue reading Episode 18: Boldly Breaking Through Silos: Michael Grubich →

Career journeys are often roller coasters of great achievements and . . . “learning moments”. In this quarterly spotlight episode, we have coffee with Carrie Killoran, Advocate Aurora Health Care’s Greater Milwaukee Patient Service Area and President of Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center. Carrie dives into making the best of an unexpected situation and how … Continue reading Episode 17: Quarterly Spotlight: Carrie Killoran →

Many health care organizations are working to ensure they provide culturally competent care. Some claim to already provide it. How does an organization know if they are? Last month, Coffee with College sat down with Richelle Webb Dixon, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to dig into this … Continue reading Episode 16: Culturally Competent Care: Richelle Webb Dixon →

Leadership is a journey fashioned with vulnerability and risk taking, steering many of us to build walls that unintentionally inhibit progress towards achieving our goals. In this episode, we chat with Tim McKeough, President, Owner and coach with Q Up Success, who gives us a sneak peek at how working with a professional coach can … Continue reading Episode 15: Intentional Leadership and Coaching: Tim McKeough →

“Trust that a ‘no’ will take you closer to the right ‘yes’ for you.” That’s just one of many career and leadership lessons Damond Boatwright, President and CEO of Hospital Sister’s Health System (HSHS) shares in this Quarterly Spotlight podcast. With this podcast, Coffee with the College begins a quarterly focus on learning from the … Continue reading Episode 14: Quarterly Spotlight: Damond Boatwright →

Are you a leader in healthcare faced with the challenge of addressing important issues around social determinants of health within the communities you serve? In today’s episode, our host Janet Schulz discusses some non-healthcare topics with the Rural Wisconsin Healthcare Cooperative (RWHC) Director of Economic Development, Marie Barry. Born out of a need to create … Continue reading Episode 13: Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Marie Barry →

In our last episode, we discussed how a supervisor can directly impact employee wellness in times of stress by allowing time away from duties or by being a listening ear. This month we scale up and discuss how organizational leaders can prepare their enterprise for the unexpected. In this episode, we chat with Ted Uczen, … Continue reading Episode 12: How Organizational Leaders Can Prepare their Enterprise for the Unexpected: Ted Uczen →

Many of us are doing our best to support the emotional resiliency of our teams over the last couple years, but not all leaders have the experience and tools to effectively manage through an ongoing crisis. Today, we get some help from Gina Kangas, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who serves as the Mental Health … Continue reading Episode 11: Supporting a Team’s Emotional Resiliency: Gina Kangas, LCSW →

In this episode, we chat with Jerome Garrett, Department Administrator for the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Jerome provides insight on why it is important for an organization to be a reflection of the community it serves, and offers guidance to leaders on how to connect with their community in … Continue reading Episode 10: Aligning Your Organization with the Community: Jerome Garrett →

Working in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic has been daunting, exhausting, and stressful to say the least, but we are obligated to keep fighting and care for those who need our help. Sometimes that means lying on your back on a dirty floor holding an iPad towards the ceiling so a prone patient can video … Continue reading Episode 9: What really matters to patients and their families: Kristin Baird →

Do you see yourself as a leader? Others might; listen to your trusted colleagues and mentors who may be nudging you to assume more leadership roles. They may see something in you that you don’t see yourself. Today we chat with Dr. Joe Behn about his career path as a clinician leader. He is the … Continue reading Episode 8: Career Path of a Physician Leader: Dr. Joe Behn →

On this episode of Coffee with the College, our host Janet Schulz discusses some public policy issues facing health care with Marshfield Clinic Health System’s Ryan Natzke, Chief External Affairs Officer and Brad Wolters, Director of Federal Government Relations. Ryan and Brad give insight into how industry knowledge, building coalitions and a good story go … Continue reading Episode 7: Public Policy Issues Facing Health Care →

How do you respond when a senior executive in your organization asks you, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Do you risk sounding too ambitious and reply with “I want YOUR job”? Do you sidestep and risk a label of “lacks direction” by saying you’re taking it one step at a … Continue reading Episode 6: Career Journey: Seth Teigen, Chief Executive Officer at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo →

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage in the consumer products industry, and it’s now increasingly creeping into the healthcare space. Should we be fearful of computers making healthcare decisions? Are there privacy concerns? These two podcasts feature Ron Galloway, a technology researcher and author of three books describing the influence of technology in our … Continue reading Episode 5: AI in Healthcare – Part 2 →

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage in the consumer products industry, and it’s now increasingly creeping into the healthcare space. Should we be fearful of computers making healthcare decisions? Are there privacy concerns? These two podcasts feature Ron Galloway, a technology researcher and author of three books describing the influence of technology in our … Continue reading Episode 4: AI in Healthcare – Part 1 →