The CEO as Agent of Change

The third annual HealthLeaders Media CEO Exchange gathered more than 40 top healthcare executives in Colorado Springs, CO, in September 2014. Many of the hospital and health system CEOs attending the event say that communicating strategy to physicians, other clinicians, and frontline staff so that they can carry out the change that's developed in the boardroom is among their greatest challenges as leaders of their organizations. This report highlights how those leaders simultaneously guide their physicians and employees while at the same time inspiring them to lead. Change agent or not, the CEO can't do it alone.