Creating your leadership toolkit
Presenter(s)
Kathryn Wise
This workshop will provide an opportunity for occupational therapy professionals in or interested in formal management activities to reflection upon the skills and tools they need to be successful in management positions. Best practice and tools required to manage teams will be discussed. Topics discussed include self-awareness, conflict resolutions, innovation, performance management, burnout, feedback, managing multigenerational teams, and team dynamics. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on what tools they need to lead, build their own unique leadership toolkits, and engage in discussions. Occupational therapist clinicians, occupational therapy managers, and occupational therapist assistants who wish to identify the skills and tools they need to be successful in management positions in any practice setting.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: 1. Describe self-awareness, conflict resolutions, innovation, performance management, burnout, feedback, managing multigenerational teams, and team dynamics. 2. Recognize what leadership tools and strategies are needed in your daily life in management. 3. Explore various best practices and innovation with respect to leadership development. 4. Practice various strategies and topics to assist occupational therapy professionals to be successful members of interprofessional teams. 5. Identify the next steps for your leadership journey.
Kathryn Wise is an occupational therapist by background with strong background in interprofessional leadership development and passion for building technology awareness and innovation among health care professionals. She is the inaugural faculty member at McMaster University's Masters of Health Management program where she has taught hundreds of health leaders from around the world on topics around leadership development and innovation in the health care system. Along with her role as an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMasters University, she has dedicated her time to coaching passionate leaders from across the healthcare system. Kathryn is also the Program Director and Associate Professor at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) in their Masters of Science in Health Administration and Interprofessional Leadership and coaching faculty within their world renowned Leadership Institute.