2010 Program

May 30, 2010
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The first part of the Dorothy Wylie Nursing and Health Leaders Institute was held May 25-28 with a full roster of participants from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.  It was a pleasure to work with 96 keen and dynamic participants who came with exciting projects which were developed over the course of [...]

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“I was so impressed with Mr. Posner’s Leadership Challenge that I based my entire project on his framework”

May 19, 2010
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I can’t help thinking with the long weekend here that you are getting ready for the Dorothy Wylie Nursing & Health Leaders Institute. I thought you might like to hear what we have been up to. Last year I attended with my manager Pam Westover from the ICU at the Henderson Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences. [...]

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Leadership and Patient Safety

May 7, 2010
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We often hear about the need for leadership in health care practice.  Yet for many, the word leader is just another buzzword.  We often think leaders are born not made, and leadership is for others with important titles, nice offices and assistants at the door. Our experiences with the Dorothy Wylie Nursing and Health Leaders [...]

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Registration is Full

March 8, 2010
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There is currently a wait list for 2010 programs. Please watch this space for information about the next program.

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Managing in Complex Times: Centralization and Decentralization

March 8, 2010
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Julia writes…..As a fan of complex adaptive system theory, I was intrigued by the discussion of centralization versus decentralization in a recent book “The Wisdom of Crowds”, by Jim Surowiecki. Jim points out that in the past 15 years, increasing attention has been given to self-organizing and decentralized systems – systems without central control that [...]

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Leadership in the Movies: Bev writes about Invictus and 5 Leadership Practices

February 21, 2010
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Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood have created another very special movie now playing across North America.  Invictus is the story of Nelson Mandela’s early days as President of South Africa, and particularly how he viewed the country’s Rugby team, the Springboks, and an upcoming World Cup event to be held in South Africa, as an [...]

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Newsletter Fall 2009

September 28, 2009
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Greetings Colleagues Thanks to your continued support we are delighted to report that we will be offering another combined program in May 2010. Please register early and notify your colleagues of this opportunity. The 17th Dorothy Wylie Nursing / Health Leaders Institute will be held May 25-28 with follow-up November 8-10. For more information please [...]

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Newsletter Archive

September 27, 2009
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April 2009 (pdf-71kb) October 2008 (pdf-68kb) May 2008 (pdf-117kb) January 2008 (pdf-216kb) November 2007 (pdf-230kb) May 2007 (pdf-218kb) December 2006 (pdf-365kb) December 2005 (pdf-466kb) Fall 2005 (pdf-88kb) Spring 2005 (pdf-114kb) December 2004 (pdf-119kb) Summer 2004 (pdf-85kb)

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Guest Faculty have included

June 21, 2009
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Barry Posner, PhD, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Santa Clara University, California. Co-author of “The Leadership Challenge” (Kouzes & Posner) and co-developer of the renowned Leadership Practices Inventory. The body of work has been praised by Business Week, Fortune Magazine and other key publications. “The Leadership Challenge” was named book-of-the-year by the American Council of [...]

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We were commissioned by The Hospital for Sick Children to design and facilitate an inter-professional Leadership Institute

August 1, 2008
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We were commissioned by The Hospital for Sick Children to design and facilitate an inter-professional Leadership Institute in August 2008 and April 2009 specifically for 96 selected clinicians who focused their leadership on family-centered care and inter-professional practice. An evaluation process is currently underway. Watch for News here.

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