Trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser. To unsubscribe, click here. Health Care Leadership Summit Mounting budgetary issues. New legislation. A provincial general election. This is a year of great change for Ontario health care policy. For health care CEOs and senior leadership teams, there are many questions to answer. Read more Fall Health Care Governance Forum The Ontario Hospital Association?s (OHA) Governance Centre of Excellence is pleased to present the Fall Health Care Governance Forum taking place on September 23 and 24, 2011. Featuring a keynote presentation, ?Shifting Gears-Health: Paths to Fiscal Sustainability in Canada? by Will Falk, Executive Fellow in Residence, Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation, Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Management, the forum will also officially launch the OHA?s new Guide to Good Governance. Read More HealthAchieve?s Official Opening Speaker: Jeremy Gutsche At only 28, Jeremy Gutsche is already a creative, globe-roaming individual with a broad appeal that stretches from The Economist, which uses him as a source, to MTV, which places him at "the forefront of cool." In his bold, interactive keynotes, he delivers a blend of viral new trends, strategic frameworks, and a contagious enthusiasm for innovation, providing you with inspiration and tools to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and unlock potential. Read More Amanda Lang to Speak at HealthAchieve Celebrated Canadian business journalist Amanda Lang is CBC?s senior business correspondent for The National, and is also the co-host of the Lang & O?Leary Exchange. Lang?s engaging and witty style compliments her ability to comment on current business news and trends, and North America?s political scene. Lang presents on her views of leadership with a specific focus on health care and the lessons that she has learned. Read More Health Care Financial Management Health Care Financial Managers are challenged with balancing budgets, in a period of fast moving legislative and regulatory change, a provincial election, and mounting expectations from Ontarians to perform better, to be more accountable and transparent in a time of resource constraint. Read More The Emotionally-Intelligent Manager There is a growing need for improved talent management planning in the Ontario health services sector. To lead the way forward, the OHA in conjunction with the Hay Group, have developed OHA?s Leadership Competencies which have recently been distributed to our member organizations. The Emotionally-Intelligent Manager is a new course for health care managers intended to build upon these competencies and assist participants in developing their leadership skills. Read More Effective Coaching in Health Care In 2011 ? a year in which Ontario public sector budgets will not be expanded ? coaching is a vital tool for keeping, developing and maximizing the performance of key staff members. By definition, coaching is an ongoing, two-way dialogue in which a manager and employee exchange knowledge and experience to maximize the employee?s potential and help him or her reach a higher level of performance and development. Is your organization effectively coaching its employees? Read More FIPPA Webcast for Hospital Communicators Communicators play an important role in building trust between Ontario hospitals and the communities they serve. That role will become even more important on January 1, 2012, when Ontario hospitals will become subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Accordingly, hospital communicators will want to prepare for the impact that the extension of FIPPA will have on their roles and their organization. Read More 2011 Human Resources Symposium Health Care Human Resources (HR) professionals are consistently challenged to keep current with not only HR topics but also with health care issues and trends ? and this task is even more difficult in today?s health care environment ? where there is one sure thing: change. Join the 2011 HR Symposium this October for your opportunity to network with colleagues, share ideas and learn of the latest HR news. Read More Click the links below to view all articles on ohatoday.com News Leadership Education Healthy Workplace Resources Member Benefits Latest News Learn more about Maternal and Newborn Care Call for Abstracts: Critical Care How to engage future leaders and drive innovation Hot Job: Director Provincial Benefits and Claims Management How to deliver transformation through eHealth Strengthen patient safety with mental health cluster module Special report: Integration of Care Call for Posters: Patient Safety in Mental Health CAHO Artic Program: Improving health care quality starts with research Executive appointments Feature webcast: Managing Transitions: Long-Term Care Homes Act Requirements At Your Service with Bob Houlden Checking Up On Sundeep Sodhi Upcoming Events September 20, 2011 Maternal and Newborn Care Conference October 17, 2011 Second Interprofessional Forum on Patient Safety Issues for Rehabilitation Professionals October 17-19, 2011 Leaders Getting Results Through Others December 13, 2011 Building a Culture of Good Governance webpoll How would you classify your leadership style? 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