2009 Leadership Retreat - A Run Away Success
by Todd Karpinski, ICHP President
January 25, 2010
The 2009 ICHP Leadership Retreat took place November 13-15 at the
Allerton Park and Retreat Center in Monticello, Illinois. Over 40
leaders from across the state, including one Wisconsin resident (me),
took part in this highly successful event. The retreat began early
Friday evening with a social networking hour, followed by a dinner and
ice-breaker session. The group started bright and early on Saturday
morning with the Keynote session led by Mike Sanborn, Vice President of
Cardiovascular Services for the Baylor Health Care System. Mike is the
previous Corporate Director of Pharmacy Services for Baylor and was
recently elected to the ASHP Board of Directors. His presentation
focused on three primary themes: healthcare reform, the pharmacy
practice model and strategic planning. Within each theme, Mike
highlighted the current state, made predictions on the future state and
finally discussed how our profession will need to adapt in order to
continue the successes we have realized over the past several decades.
The morning program was very informative, interactive and was truly
enjoyed by all participants. I would like to personally thank Mike for
sharing his knowledge, experience, and predictions with our group. If
you would like to view the slide deck from Mike’s presentation, please
visit the ICHP website.
Following lunch, the group had 2 hours
of free time to enjoy the sunny weather and picturesque setting that
Allerton offers. Much of the group participated in an outdoor scavenger
hunt, while others enjoyed a nice run through the woods (thanks to my
running partner Jamie Borkowski!). With the group revitalized, the
strategic planning session commenced. The 3 hour session was lead by
each Division Director with the goal to celebrate successes within each
Division, identify and remove unsuccessful objectives from the
strategic plan and finally identify new objectives that will help
ensure the continued success of ICHP. Below are some key strategies
discussed within each Division.
Marketing Affairs
– will continue to use the website for mentoring programs, will focus
on retaining student members as they transition into practice and will
form a taskforce to examine the use of social networking sites.
Professional Affairs
– will continue to develop new toolkits for the membership and will
provide webinars and live presentations to roll out the tool kits and
will determine the feasibility of sending resident members to the
Leadership Boot Camp.
Educational Affairs
– will incorporate leadership programming into the Annual and Spring
meetings, will explore publishing poster abstracts in KeePosted, will
continue focus on obtaining educational grants and will highlight
technician projects and posters.
Government Affairs
– will develop a crosswalk between the ASHP 2015 initiative and our
current Pharmacy Practice Act to determine if additional changes in the
Act are required to meet the initiatives, will develop materials to
help members contact their local representatives and will continue
advocacy on pending legislation.
Organizational Affairs
– discussed CEO succession planning and a plan for future capital
expenditures. Dinner and social time followed the lengthy planning
session. The group then started bright and early on Sunday morning with
the Board of Directors meeting. Following the Board meeting,
participants said their respective goodbyes and made the journey home.
I
would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the leaders for
their participation in this event. Your thoughts and input were the
drivers behind this highly successful meeting. Additionally, I would
like to thank the ICHP staff for coordinating this event. Your hard
work and dedication are very much appreciated!
I would like to
end this month’s article with a challenge to those members currently
not actively involved with ICHP. I challenge you to either engage or
re-engage with the organization. There were several critical strategies
identified during the planning session at this retreat that each
Division will be working on. We need the active participation from
experts across the state (yes, you!) in order to accomplish the tasks
that were identified. I guarantee that you will get much more out of
your work with the Division than you put into it.
I am looking forward to the 2010 Leadership Retreat. I hope to see you there!
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