Values that Guide My Work
These values guide my work with leaders, teams, and organizations —
from executive coaching to cultural transformation.
PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY
Ethical
Evidence-based
Creative
Client-centered
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES
Honorable
Effective
Wise
Fair
Caring
OUTCOMES
Excellent
Innovative
Abundant
Inclusive
Safe & Sustainable
VALERIE L. MYERS, PH.D.
When contemplation ignites curiosity, courage, collaboration, and flourishing.
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Driven by purpose. Defined by mastery.
Discover how aligning your leadership with a true sense of calling fuels personal fulfillment, inspires employee engagement, and drives ethical growth.
Help leaders and teams:
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Define and live their calling
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Empower others to do work that matters
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Navigate purpose-aligned career paths
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Build cultures that elevate meaning and results
Your calling isn't just a passion — it's a commitment to excellence. Learn how to lead with it.
Reap the rewards of a calling! Learn how...>>>
Because lives depend upon your leadership.
Equip yourself and your team to lead in high stakes, high-impact environments where strategy, systems, and culture must align for excellent outcomes. For healthcare leaders who want to:
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Refine Executive Leadership Skills
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Prepare for Advancement to the C-Suite
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Recalibrate strategy under pressure
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Align People & Systems for Excellent Performance
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Foster a safe and just culture
Dr. Myers brings evidence-based leadership insights—developed through healthcare research grants—into real-world strategy that is transferrable to other industries. Learn more>>>
What does it mean to live your calling?
Many people think of a calling as their career, purpose, or passion—but a true calling is deeper. It's the ongoing work of creating value by how you live, lead, and serve.
Living your calling means meeting challenges and complexity while honoring your duty to standards, fulfilling your destiny to make a difference, and cultivating a disposition that sustains you along the way.
At its best, a calling becomes a positive force that benefits not just yourself, but others. It elevates leadership from merely producing results to creating meaningful, lasting impact—guided by wisdom, care, and fairness.
But in the rush of daily demands, many leaders and organizations lose their connection to calling. However, that connection can be renewed.
Through coaching, retreats, and leadership programs, I help individuals and organizations reconnect with their duty, clarify their destiny, and strengthen the disposition needed to build cultures where virtue and value thrive together.
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A few more details. . .
Myers has developed leaders through two decades of teaching graduate and executive education courses. She has also conducted research and published insights about management practices in various industries. She translates those academic insights into practical tools that leaders can use to "transcend typical," refine their skills, and wisely navigate complexity to produce results.
Throughout her academic career, which began in the University of Michigan's Department of Health Management & Policy (School of Public Health) and Ross School of Business, Dr. Myers has taught graduate courses in management As an Assistant Professor, Myers led multi-site research projects funded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, The Center for Healthcare Transformation and Research and the Walter McNerny Foundation, and in cooperation with the Greater Detroit Area Health Council. She's also taught healthcare management in Dartmouth College's MHCDS executive education program. Myers is a thought leader that has published peer-reviewed scholarly insights in the Journal of Healthcare Management, Journal of Health Administration Education, Organizational Dynamics, the Journal of Adult Development, and various scholarly book chapters. Dr. Myers has presented her work at national and international professional conferences. She's taught in various continuing medical education, healthcare executive and executive education programs.
Translating Insights into Impact
Each of these outcomes is grounded in decades of research and refined through real-world collaboration with leaders, teams, and organizations.
1. What motivates people to fulfill their potential to lead, follow, and do great work?
2. How can leaders leverage EVERYONE'S talents to achieve strategic goals?
3. How can leaders transform the work culture to support both (above)?
But in the rush of daily demands, many leaders and organizations lose their connection to calling. However, that connection can be renewed.
Through coaching, retreats, and leadership programs, I help individuals and organizations reconnect with their duty, clarify their destiny, and strengthen the disposition needed to build cultures where virtue and value thrive together.
Benefits...
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Enriches decisions and processes to strengthen performance.
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Creates conditions in which ALL people flourish.
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Builds structures and systems that enhance learning, collaboration, innovation and achievement.
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Preserves what's worthwhile and discards what's harmful or obsolete.
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Enhances the performance of leaders and followers.
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Pursues long-term value creation that benefits ALL!
METAMORPHIC POWER
Myers has analyzed leadership and management practices in various types of organizations and industries. She uses those insights to coach leaders in their quest to "transcend typical," refine their skills, and navigate complexity with strategic wisdom and positive relationships that produce results. Learn about Leadership Development>>>
Surprising results of Valerie's research study that examined organizational climate, diversity management, and errors in healthcare led her to focus on leaders' behavior rather than staff training. With continuous research and refinements in the MBA classroom, she equips change champions to lead at all levels (e.g., institutions, organizational culture, teams).
Through exhaustive research, Myers discovered that a calling is more than passion or prosocial intent -- it's a commitment to produce great work! Therefore, pursuit of a calling is a catalyst for engaged workers and good business that serves society. Notably, a calling is cultivated in or constrained by institutions throughout one's life. Myers presented these findings in her book, business case, at academic conferences, and keynote addresses. Are you living your calling?>>>
Dr. Myers' research has been funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation, and the Walter McNerny Foundation. It has focused on the topics above and was conducted in hospitals, public health, and safety net organizations. She transfers these insights to other industries.
Dr. Valerie Myers will guide you from
RESISTANT. . . to RELUCTANT. . . to READY to Change!
Business as usual creates innovation and economic growth. Business as usual also drains the life out of people, the planet, and civil society.
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Is 'business as usual' stifling meaningful progress?
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Have your change efforts stalled?
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Are you disappointed by trendy, off-the-shelf programs?
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Do you want a greater return on your investment in talent development?
I understand and I believe that you deserve better. I’m here to help you overcome inertia and be a hero of humane business that creates value and vitality through business as UNUSUAL.
You will
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Gain greater self-awareness
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Identify personal blind-spots and how to manage them.
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Avoid pitfalls of typical leaders
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Increase situational-awareness
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Improve decision-making skills.
You
Self-Awareness
Power & Privilege
Fear
Implicit Biases
Risks & Well-Being
Resisting Change
Mental Habits
Ethical Decision-making
Managing Yourself
Learn to:
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Strengthen relationships
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Bring out the best in others
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Promote fruitful collaboration.
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Create a just, belonging culture.
Your Team
Valuing Difference
Social Learning
Positive Regard
Multicultural Teams
Valuing “B-Players”
Mentoring
Sponsorship
Allyship
Being a Change Agent
Systemic Change
Institutionalized Biases
Executive Leadership
Innovation & Value Creation
Using Data
Inequity
Recruitment & Selection
Positive Regard
Multicultural Teams
Valuing “B-Players”
Mentoring & Sponsorship
Social Impact
Myers has analyzed leadership and management practices in various types of organizations and industries. She uses those insights to coach leaders in their quest to "transcend typical," refine their skills, and navigate complexity with strategic wisdom and positive relationships that produce results. Learn about Leadership Development>>>
Surprising results of Valerie's research study that examined organizational climate, diversity management, and errors in healthcare led her to focus on leaders' behavior rather than staff training. With continuous research and refinements in the MBA classroom, she equips change champions to lead at all levels (e.g., institutions, organizational culture, teams).
Through exhaustive research, Myers discovered that a calling is more than passion or prosocial intent -- it's a commitment to produce great work! Therefore, pursuit of a calling is a catalyst for engaged workers and good business that serves society. Notably, a calling is cultivated in or constrained by institutions throughout one's life. Myers presented these findings in her book, business case, at academic conferences, and keynote addresses. Are you living your calling?>>>
Dr. Myers' research has been funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation, and the Walter McNerny Foundation. It has focused on the topics above and was conducted in hospitals, public health, and safety net organizations. She transfers these insights to other industries.
Dr. Valerie Myers will guide you from
RESISTANT. . . to RELUCTANT. . . to READY to Change!
Business as usual creates innovation and economic growth. Business as usual also drains the life out of people, the planet, and civil society.
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Is 'business as usual' stifling meaningful progress?
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Have your change efforts stalled?
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Are you disappointed by trendy, off-the-shelf programs?
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Do you want a greater return on your investment in talent development?
I understand and I believe that you deserve better. I’m here to help you overcome inertia and be a hero of humane business that creates value and vitality through business as UNUSUAL.
You will
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Gain greater self-awareness
-
Identify personal blind-spots and how to manage them.
-
Avoid pitfalls of typical leaders
-
Increase situational-awareness
-
Improve decision-making skills.
You
Self-Awareness
Power & Privilege
Fear
Implicit Biases
Risks & Well-Being
Resisting Change
Mental Habits
Ethical Decision-making
Managing Yourself
Learn to:
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Strengthen relationships
-
Bring out the best in others
-
Promote fruitful collaboration.
-
Create a just, belonging culture.
Your Team
Valuing Difference
Social Learning
Positive Regard
Multicultural Teams
Valuing “B-Players”
Mentoring
Sponsorship
Allyship
Being a Change Agent
Systemic Change
Institutionalized Biases
Executive Leadership
Innovation & Value Creation
Using Data
Inequity
Recruitment & Selection
Positive Regard
Multicultural Teams
Valuing “B-Players”
Mentoring & Sponsorship
Social Impact
One does not climb to attain enlightenment.
Rather, one climbs because
they are enlightened.
Zen Master Futomaki
Healthcare Leadership
Calling to Leadership
Live Your
Calling
Professional
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About
Dr. Myers
Healthcare Leadership
Calling to Leadership
Live Your
Calling
Professional
Services
About
Dr. Myers
Leadership & Learning Solutions
I partner with growth-minded leaders who know that, at some point, seasoned professionals and leaders need space to reflect and refine your skills. Yet you want to avoid trendy training that spends time and money but doesn't produce results. I understand.
I believe that you deserve an advisor who offers effective solutions that are based upon evidence. As a scholar-practitioner, I conduct and curate research that enables me to customize solutions that equip you to achieve your goals. Working together, you will become a more skillful and sagacious leader.
If you want a great return on your investment in training that produces results, then I may be the consultant for you.
Coaching leaders
worth following
Astutely realigning
strategy for success
Targeted Problem Solving
Virtual Engagements
Strategy Formulation
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Assess your organization's lifecycle
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Identify ideological change drivers
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Align with emerging market & demographic trends.
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Reveal blind spots
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Formulate a strategy
Astutely realign your organization's strategy for success.
At any stage of your organization's lifecycle (e.g., emerging, growing, or declining), Valerie helps leaders fine tune your strategy to anticipate and align with market demands. Drawing upon industry and academic insights, we go beyond typical SWOT and PEST analysis to:
Sharpen Your Leadership
Like many leaders, you may be bombarded with information yet struggling to make sense of it to lead change or improve performance. Strategic Curiosity can help.
Strategic Curiosity is a renewable resource that drives results!
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Improve processes
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Solve Problems
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Cultivate inclusive, high-functioning teams
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Devise strategy
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Create & Innovate
A lack of curiosity can cost millions. Discover how you can strengthen your "question asking skills." Learn more...
How curious are you?
Faith & Business
Christianity and commerce profoundly influence Western society -- for better and worse. We can do better! Dr. Myers integrates business frameworks and Biblical lessons that invite you to reflect and act upon your highest beliefs at work. Gain surprising insights and robust skills to be an effective & inclusive leader, live your calling, reform capitalism, and uplift the public good. Whether you are in the C-Suite, mid-career or just starting out, you can bring more Light into the shadows at work so that everyone thrives. Learn more...
"It is not your business to succeed, but to do right.
When you have done so, the rest lies with God."
- C.S. Lewis
Author of...
Inclusive Leadership
If these people aren't leading, your organization is leaking value and not reaping the MAXIMUM return on your DE&I investment. Staff DE&I training has it's place -- but not first place. If you want to accelerate and sustain change, cultivating senior leaders' skills matter more. Dr. Myers draws upon her scholarship and practice to help you develop skills to create a culture of belonging and driving systemic change.
Ideal for leaders who are ambivalent about diversity or have been slow to demonstrate a robust commitment to change.
What leaders will learn:
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Understand, explore and overcome your unease with diversity.
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Develop insights and skills to shift internally and act
Are these people on your executive team?
Healthcare Leadership
That's why healthcare leaders and clinicians transitioning to executive roles need more than typical MBA skills. Dr. Myers helps you develop vital skills, drawing upon her expertise teaching graduate courses in healthcare management at Dartmouth and the University of Michigan. What you will learn:
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How elements of the organization function as a whole.
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How to better manage yourself to strengthen decision-making.
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The psychology of change and how to manage it.
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How to create a high-reliability culture.
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Tactics to promote belonging and inclusion.
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How to align people and systems to energize excellent performance!
Manage the human side of healthcare and empower others to deliver exceptional patient care! Learn more...
Lives depend upon your leadership!
Leadership Solutions
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If not, your organization is leaking value and not reaping the MAXIMUM return on your DE&I investment. Staff DE&I training has it's place -- but not first place. If you want to accelerate and sustain change, cultivating senior leaders' skills matter more. Dr. Myers draws upon her scholarship and practice to help you develop skills to create a culture of belonging and driving systemic change.
Ideal for leaders who are ambivalent about diversity or have been slow to demonstrate a robust commitment to change.
What leaders will learn:
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Understand, explore and overcome your unease with diversity.
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Develop insights and skills to shift internally and act
Learn more...
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That's why healthcare leaders and clinicians transitioning to executive roles need more than typical MBA skills. Dr. Myers helps you develop vital skills, drawing upon her expertise teaching graduate courses in healthcare management at Dartmouth and the University of Michigan. What you will learn:
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How elements of the organization function as a whole.
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How to better manage yourself to strengthen decision-making.
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The psychology of change and how to manage it.
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How to create a high-reliability culture.
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Tactics to promote belonging and inclusion.
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How to align people and systems to energize excellent performance!
Manage the human side of healthcare and empower others to deliver exceptional patient care! Learn more...
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Christianity and commerce profoundly influence Western society -- for better and worse. We can do better! Dr. Myers integrates business frameworks and Biblical lessons that invite you to reflect and act upon your highest beliefs at work. Gain surprising insights and robust skills to be an effective & inclusive leader, live your calling, reform capitalism, and uplift the public good. Whether you are in the C-Suite, mid-career or just starting out, you can bring more Light into the shadows at work so that everyone thrives. Learn more...
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That's why healthcare leaders and clinicians transitioning to executive roles need more than typical MBA skills. Dr. Myers helps you develop vital skills, drawing upon her expertise teaching graduate courses in healthcare management at Dartmouth and the University of Michigan. What you will learn:
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How elements of the organization function as a whole.
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How to better manage yourself to strengthen decision-making.
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The psychology of change and how to manage it.
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How to create a high-reliability culture.
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Tactics to promote belonging and inclusion.
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How to align people and systems to energize excellent performance!
Manage the human side of healthcare and empower others to deliver exceptional patient care! Learn more...
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If not, your organization is leaking value and not reaping the MAXIMUM return on your DE&I investment. Staff DE&I training has it's place -- but not first place. If you want to accelerate and sustain change, cultivating senior leaders' skills matter more. Dr. Myers draws upon her scholarship and practice to help you develop skills to create a culture of belonging and driving systemic change.
Ideal for leaders who are ambivalent about diversity or have been slow to demonstrate a robust commitment to change.
What leaders will learn:
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Undertand, explore and overcome your unease with diversity.
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Develop insights and skills to shift internally and act
Learn more...
Seminar Summary
During each seminar, we explore contemporary management issues through the prism of Biblical stories. These hybrid MBA-Bible study seminars are intended for a broad audience of business leaders, religious leaders, and professionals of faith with a relatively high level of comprehension.
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Religious leaders will gain a solid understanding of psychology and management principles as they relate to Biblical figures. Insights can enhance your overall effectiveness as leader and suggest topics to craft more practically relevant sermons for existing and potential members.
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Business leaders & professionals will grain fresh perspectives about how faith can inform your management practices and practical steps that you can take to positively transform your workplace.
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ALL participants can use seminars to launch culture and institutional change initiatives in your organization, community or sphere of influence. Consultation for organizational change is available.
Format: Minimum of 6 sessions, 90 minutes in duration. Customizable to address specific topics of interest to your group or organization. Sessions may extend to 8, 12 or more, depending upon the module and your goals.
Lives depend upon your leadership!
A lack of curiosity can cost your company millions! How curious are you? Whether you're a seasoned leader or an emerging leader, Strategic Curiosity® can refine your leadership capabilities and sharpen your competitive edge. Learn more...
Are these people on your executive team? If not, your organization is leaking value and wasting money on trendy DE&I staff training instead of targeting what matters. If you want to create a high-performing culture of belonging and systemic change, start at the top. Dr. Myers shows you how by providing resources that help senior leaders shift.
Lives depend upon your leadership! That's why healthcare leaders need more than clinical skills or a typical MBA. Dr. Myers helps you cultivate vital competencies to manage the human side of healthcare. Manage yourself and others to deliver exceptional quality to patients and families. Learn more...
How curious are you?
A lack of curiosity can cost your company millions! How curious are you? Whether you're a seasoned leader or an emerging leader, Strategic Curiosity® can refine your leadership capabilities and sharpen your competitive edge. Learn more...
Calling & Religion
Ch 1
Conversations About Calling
Ch 11
Not Your Average Working Joe
Inspiring Inclusion
Course Overview
Summary of
Book Chapter
Still Need
- Spirits of Capitalism Summary
- Calling to Leadership "
- Live Your Calling
Drip...
- Graphic devolution of calling
- Sample Profiles
INSPECTION COPY
The Power of a Calling:
Insights from Joseph's Journey
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1-on1 Coaching
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Group Executive Education
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Keynote Address
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A Discovery Meeting
What HC problems do they want to solve?
- train physician leaders
- sharpen existing leaders
- inclusion & equity for patients and staff
- strategic thinking
- Coaching high potential talent
Inclusive Leadership Still Need
- 1 Page Bio
- Something for healthcare
- Exec. Summary of Hospital Study
Drip...
- Graphic devolution of calling
- Sample Profiles
Christianity and commerce have fueled economic expansion, empires, and inhumanity; they have also energized innovation, democracy, and human rights. How can we responsibly manage these institutions to serve the common good.
Topics we cover. . .
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Western Capitalism in Brief: The U.S. & the rest.
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Business as usual...
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Original Sins: Corrupting Factors
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Saving Grace: Correcting Factors
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The Cost of NOT changing
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Reimagine the faith/work connection to transform yourself, your organization and society!
Who this is for . . .
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Business Leaders & Groups
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Religious Leaders & Groups
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Professional Associations
Spirits of
Capitalism
Sunburst Stained glass by Dave Griffin
Christianity and commerce profoundly influence Western society -- for better and worse. Through the lens of this complicated relationship, Dr. Myers offers insights that help you pursue 'better' by reflecting on your beliefs and acting on them. Whether you are in the C-Suite, mid-career or just starting out, you can bring more Light to work and vitality to your life.
Author of...
Whether you seek to strengthen the skills of seasoned executives or help e
Dr. Valerie L. Myers works with you to elevate performance in all types of healthcare organizations.
Valerie's vast expertise in healthcare leadership development is derived from a decade of teaching highly rated graduate courses and conducting research at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. Valerie's work contributed to the #1 national ranking of its Health Management & Policy graduate program. She designs and delivers transformative learning experiences in graduate, Continuing Medical Education, Healthcare Executive programs and for consulting clients.
In addition to Valerie's in-depth expertise in hospital administration, she works with physician group practices, community providers, public health departments, allied health professionals, professional associations, insurers, and health institutes. To meet your needs, she provides assessments, executive education series, one-on-one executive coaching, strategic guidance, and motivational keynote addresses.
Working with Dr. Myers, you will gain insights about:
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Strategy: Identify macro factors that are driving change in your market. Use data to identify and seize appropriate opportunities; align clinical services to meet patient population needs; identify and exploit strengths relative to market competitors.
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Leadership: Refine executive team members' decision-making, critical thinking and self-awareness about contagious behaviors that influence performance. Prepare high-potential talent to successfully transition to senior leadership roles with key skills and a systems perspective.
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Systems Thinking: Learn frameworks to analyze and manage relevant interests across levels (e.g., board, C-Suite, management and staff), functional areas (e.g., human resources, finance etc.), and constituencies (e.g., patient population, business community, region.) Learn fundamentals of healthcare leadership.
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Relationships & Human Factors that drive performance: Cultivate behaviors that influence quality and teamwork; Inspire professional and staff engagement; Transform routines to create a learning, inclusive, and adaptive culture that advances the caring mission.
For Valerie, healthcare consulting isn't merely academic- it's personal!
My passion to cultivate high caliber leaders comes from my research and my parents'' encounters with the healthcare system. I've experienced firsthand how ethical and curious senior leaders can positively, indirectly influence patient outcomes -- and what happens when they don't. Those experiences inspired me to pivot from producing research to producing exemplary leaders!
I created Strategic Curiosity® as an elegant solution to improve leadership, learning, and high reliability.
The insights that Valerie Myers shared with myself and our leadership team and the outcome of her research deepens our ability to be curious.
Barbara Rossmann, President & CEO
Henry Ford Hospital, Macomb
Working Together
Leadership & Learning Solutions
"I believe that you deserve solutions that are based upon evidence -- not fads. That's why I delight in sharing with you the benefits of my 20 years teaching MBAs and executives, expertise as a trusted advisor, and thought leader that publishes research. This depth of experience enables me to create custom solutions that help you achieve your goals. If you want a great return on your investment in training that produces results, then I may be the right advisor for you." Valerie Myers, Ph.D.
Keynote Address | Executive Education | Retreats | Strategic Planning
Before the mountains were born
or You brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are GOD.
Psalms 90:2