Thursday, July 29, 2027: Workforce Strategies – Leading Across Generations and Organizational Wellness
Location:
University of Rochester School of Nursing, Saunders Research Building 4th Floor Helen Wood Hall Expansion Room 4w506/4w508, 265 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14620
July 29th Agenda
Leading a multigenerational workforce, addressing burnout, workforce shortages, and retention
In this session we will:
In this session we will
- Discuss changes in nursing and health professional education and ways to create a cross-sector workforce strategy, and examine how Educational Institutions can collaborate with hospitals, FQHCs, and community-based organizations to address workforce shortages and build sustainable talent pipelines.
- Analyze the changing workforce landscape, and identify the demographic, generational, economic, and societal forces reshaping the healthcare and human services workforce.
- Lead effectively across generations by recognizing differences in generational expectations around work, leadership, technology, flexibility, purpose, and career development.
- Distinguish individual resilience issues from organizational and system-level causes of burnout and identify the policies, workflows, leadership behaviors, and cultural factors that contribute to burnout and disengagement.
- Shift from a reactive “burnout response” to a prevention and workforce sustainability strategy.
- Use data to drive workforce decisions Identify the key workforce metrics executives should monitor, including turnover, vacancy, time-to-fill, absenteeism, burnout, engagement, internal mobility, and retention by employee segment.
- Develop strategies to prevent your own burnout and improve well-being
7:45 am - 8:15 am Breakfast and Networking
8:15 am - 8:30 am Welcome
Lauren Burruto, Executive Director, Northstar Network
Lisa Kitko, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, Dean, University of Rochester School of Nursing
8:30 am - 9:00 am Overview of the UR School of Nursing
9:00 am - 10:15 am Individual and Organizational Resilience, Burn-out, and Disengagement
10:15 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am The Changing Workforce Landscape: Leading Effectively Across Generations
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Lunch
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Stretch and Refocus Excercise
12:25 pm - 2:00 pm Workforce Panel: Changes in Health Profession Education
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm School of Nursing Tours
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm AI Executive Lab and Wrap Up
Lauren Burruto, Executive Director, Northstar Network
3:30 pm End
