Katie Henley, Senior Program Manager of Workforce Development

On December 14, 2018, CHCACT held its graduation for our leadership development program, "Prescription for Leading Yourself & Others!" Congratulations to the fifteen graduates!

Program participants attended five content modules, each presented by a different facilitator, on topics like communication and emotional intelligence, coaching and accountability, change management and teambuilding, professionalism and presentation skills, and data-driven decision making.

Additionally, the participants completed group Capstone projects on topics specific to the health center environment (topics listed below). The groups did a great job of keeping the audience engaged by utilizing various presentation modalities to present their findings. Capstone project topics included:

Group 1 – Create a program that will enhance communication across a clinical neighborhood.

Group 2 – Construct an action plan for maintaining a joyful workplace.

Group 3 – Develop an innovative strategy for increasing patient and family engagement.

Group 4 – Design a plan for an integrated model of team-based care.

Thank you to Learning Dynamics and all of our other partners for their continued support of our future health center leaders. Planning has already begun for the 2019 cohort! For more information, please email me at khenley@chcact.org.

Graduates from top left to right:

1. Janette Rivera, Optimus Health Care
2. John Midy, Family Centers Health Care
3. Pamela Allen, Community Health Center, Inc.
4. Zulayka Torres, Generations Family Health Center
5. Carissa Catalano, Community Health Center, Inc.
6. Yolanda Taylor, Norwalk Community Health Center
7. Sharon Lecointe, Optimus Health Care
8. Nicola Weise, First Choice Health Centers
9. Patricia Ramos, Generations Family Health Center
10. Katie Henley, CHCACT
11. Enid Rohena, Charter Oak Health Center
12. Monique Wilson, First Choice Health Centers
13. Juan Laboy, InterCommunity
14. Lindsay Potterton, InterCommunity

Graduates not pictured: Albana Lame, StayWell Health Center, and Karen Hurst, Community Health Center, Inc.