WELCOME to the Cleveland Clinic Academy!
The Cleveland Clinic Academy (CCA) exists in order to help you help our patients! Launched in September 2006, the Academy curriculum provides a broad spectrum of courses in leadership, education and management for Clinic Staff, residents, fellows, academics, nurses, medical students, and administrators with a Master's degree and above or at least 3 years of supervisory experience.
The Academy's 52 courses are divided into the leadership and management tracks and taught by 75 faculty. Come join us for a course and network with your Clinic colleagues when your schedule permits!
- All courses are CME certified for physicians and non-physicians who are striving to build their healthcare performance portfolios.
- All Academy courses transfer to Baldwin-Wallace College and Case Western Reserve University toward an M.B.A. degree if admission criteria are satisfied.
- Attendance for unique or first time attendees increased 28% from 2008 to 2009, thereby attesting to the added value of the curriculum.
- The average satisfaction score for the all Academy courses is 4.70 on a 5 point scale with 5 being the highest score.
Leaders actively seek out ways to increase choice (Kouzes & Posner, 2007).
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FEATURED CCA COURSES FOR MARCH 2010
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Human Resources:
Insights for Clinic Leaders
Thursday, March 18, 2010
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Lerner Institute, 5th Floor,
Room NA5-24
CME Credits
3.5 CCA hours towards MBA
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Engaging Women Leaders:
Negotiation
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
12:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Lerner Institute, 5th Floor,
Room NA5-24
CME Credits
3.5 CCA hours towards MBA
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WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR?
Whether it’s stopping a bad habit, starting a new diet or exercise program, learning a new skill, improving relationships, or communicating better at work, change requires the right mindset. Having the right mindset and a readiness for change are the best indicators to achieving success. Even minor changes don’t come easy; improving yourself is not just a matter of wanting something bad enough or trying harder— you must be prepared to face the challenges. To accomplish your resolutions and reap the rewards, follow this eight-step plan:
1. Awareness. Uncover what prevents you from achieving your objectives. Move past your self-deceptions, biases, and blind-spots by seeking feedback from others and building your self-awareness. Become aware of what you need to do to reach your goal.
2. Motivation. Build an unyielding internal motivation to change. Convert your broad desires or external incentives into specific benefits that have real, near-term meaning to you.
3. Belief. Remove any doubt that you can achieve your goal. Study former attempts an visualize yourself succeeding. Plan around anticipated obstacles by having contingency plans in place that can be easily deployed.
4. Incremental steps. Analyze the legitimate ways to reach your goal and select the best approach. Devise a plan of action using small steps that circumvent your resistance to change. Embed elements of fun to make the actions more appealing. Create realistic milestones for measuring progress.
5. Time and energy. Determine how much time and energy your plan will require and how you will free up that time and energy to eliminate the top excuses to change: “I don’t have the time” and “I’m just too tired.”
6. Initiation. Ensure the circumstances are optimal when starting your self-improvement goal. Don’t start a diet just before a vacation.
7. Others. Solicit the help of others. Build your support group. Find people who offer you wise counsel, hold you accountable, and celebrate milestone achievements with you.
8. Normalcy. Follow your plan. Stay focused. Take it a day at a time. Apply the new behavior daily. Don’t let a trip or circumstance prevent you from following your plan. Apply yourself until the new behavior becomes a habit.
Mike Hawkins is author of Activating Your Ambition and president of Alpine Link Corporation, a consulting firm. Visit www.activatingyourambition.com and www.alpinelink.com.