American College of Healthcare Executives

➡️ Employers have recognized that health and well-being are tightly tied to worker satisfaction and productivity. It’s no surprise that many organizations are taking a whole-person approach to their workforce strategies. ✅ One way to do that is with a well-being council. ✅ To ensure focus and acceptance, councils generally start with a charter to guide their work, recruit cross-functional membership, clearly state their role as supporting HR functions rather than replacing them, and ensure they operate with senior leadership’s buy-in and support. 👉 Whether you are just forming a committee or want to make yours more effective, these five principles can help the council meet your goals. Thank you to Quest Diagnostics, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, for their insights.

☑ Check out the newest edition of ACHE's newsletter, Healthcare Leadership Focus, featuring insights from Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, LFACHE, and Amer Kaissi, PhD.

♻️ Before we can improve public health outcomes, we must understand what motivates the people behind the work. ♻️ Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a foundational framework in psychology, remains essential for health leaders managing teams in high-stakes, complex environments. But, as Kee Chan and Richard H. Sewell explain in "Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management": It’s not enough to know the theory. Leaders must apply it.🌟 This book challenges conventional management models by asking: ✅ How can we motivate a workforce stretched thin by limited resources, shifting priorities and structural barriers? ✅ How do we support healthcare professionals to both perform and thrive? In population health, the patient is the community, but the driver of success is still the person at the center of your organization. 📱 Now available on ACHE Activate, your go-to platform for leadership learning on demand. 👉 Check out an excerpt from "Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management" below and get your copy here: https://bit.ly/3KFOfim

🎯You're the CEO—Now What? 🎯 Whether you’re a newly appointed CEO or a seasoned executive, you likely feel the weight of your decisions, knowing that much is resting on your shoulders—patients, colleagues and communities count on you to lead with wisdom, integrity and heart. It’s a responsibility many of us embrace every day. Here are 5 steps that will serve you well: 1️⃣ Listen and Learn From Stakeholders 2️⃣ Create and Share a Positive, Future-Focused Vision 3️⃣ Empower Yourself and Others to Execute the Vision 4️⃣ Have Confidence in Your Experience, Skills and Abilities 5️⃣ Find Time for Yourself You carry a lot—but you don’t have to do it all alone. Taking care of yourself ensures you have the clarity, energy and resilience to lead others with excellence. Let these five steps guide your journey and remind you: 👐 You were chosen for this role for a reason. Lean into the challenge, trust your leadership and stay connected to your purpose. Read the full Healthcare Executive magazine article by Tauana McDonald, FACHE, here: https://bit.ly/3VXOp7a

☑️ Between BURNOUT and DISENGAGEMENT, staff departing from the healthcare field is one of the biggest hurdles facing organizations today. Join Katherine A. Meese, Ph.D, Director of Research, UAB Medicine Office of Wellness for an eye-opening, highly interactive seminar that translates decades of employee satisfaction research into evidence-based strategies you can use to successfully improve—and sustain—a thriving workforce. Attendees will be able to: 🔹 Discuss key elements that support human happiness. 🔹 Identify organizational and team strategies to optimize recruitment and retention. 🔹 Discover evidence-based strategies for improving individual and organizational resilience. 🔹Earn 6 ACHE Virtual Interactive Education credits. 👉 Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/4q3F8Ik

✨ In an era of declining institutional trust, healthcare professionals (HCPs) need to maintain their position as society's most trusted voices. ✨ This webinar addresses the critical communication skills HCPs need to maintain and strengthen this trust. Todd Wolynn, MD, executive director of the Trusted Messenger Program, will demonstrate how HCPs can utilize practical approaches, for both in-person and virtual interactions, to leverage their unique position as trusted local messengers to enhance patient care and outcomes. Thank you to Sanofi —an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner — for making this webinar possible. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3IA6wNn

☑ Check out the newest edition of ACHE's newsletter, Healthcare Leadership Focus, featuring insights from Eric W. Ford, PhD.

✅ REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the ACHE 2026 Congress on Healthcare Leadership! We are excited to invite you to join us again at the George R. Brown Convention Center, March 2–4, 2026, Monday–Wednesday, in Houston, Texas. #ACHECongress is more than just a conference—it’s the community for healthcare leaders to discover innovative strategies together, to remind you why you entered healthcare and why this purpose matters. Learn more about the ACHE 2026 Congress on Healthcare Leadership and sign up today: https://bit.ly/3YX3h7O #ACHECongress

💡 Trust is foundational to how the U.S. healthcare system operates and the policies by which it is regulated. 💡 Trust in America’s institutions, including the health system, however, has eroded in the last two decades. The current political environment is further impacting healthcare, bringing unparalleled scrutiny to how the health system operates. How government directives are perceived and accepted or rejected by people is predicated on whom trust. Distrust is significant and growing, according to a 2024 Gallup poll: 🔹 36% of U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of trust and confidence in the medical system—down from 51% in 2020. 🔹73% of respondents say the healthcare system fails to meet their needs in some way. 🔹61% say they seek healthcare only when they are sick, per a May 2025 Harris poll. Declining trust is problematic for the entire health system. Studies show the erosion in public trust is rooted in two sets of factors: 1. Growing societal skepticism about the motives, performance and ethics of prominent institutions, including those in healthcare 2. A lack of public understanding about the health system and hospitals Restoring trust and confidence in the health system, particularly its hospitals, is vital to the health of the population. At a community level, the trust imperative must be addressed directly by hospitals, medical professionals and business leaders who influence the public response. Read the full Healthcare Executive article by Paul H. Keckley, PhD, here: https://bit.ly/4nvduSP

⚕️ Chronic pain has become a consequential issue in the U.S., with many inadequate treatment responses like surgery or opioids, resulting in only short-term success. ⚕️ The missed opportunity lies in non-pharmacologic treatments, like physical therapy, that have been proven to address the root causes of pain and provide long-term relief. Moving towards patient-first models can lower costs and reshape the broader healthcare system, transforming pain care and improving patient outcomes. In this session, the speakers will discuss the paradigm shift in chronic pain management, reframing it as not just a clinical challenge but a broader strategic issue that impacts operations, reimbursement and patient satisfaction. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/g3CDqKuM