title: Bridging the strategic leadership gap: a model program for transformational change.
abstract: The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recognized the impending crisis--a vast nurse leader shortage, especially at the strategic level. UPMC's new development model establishes a dependable leadership pipeline. The model identifies high-potential individuals, verifies required competencies, assesses participants' strengths, and provides a didactic and experiential learning curriculum. Within 2 years, the program produced a 450% return on investment and evolved into the Health Care Leadership Academy, an open enrollment program for emerging, operational, and strategic leaders nationwide.
authors.affiliation: Beckwith Institute for Innovation in Patient Care, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. wolfga@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bradle
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*