Inspiring and Preparing Our Future Leaders: Evaluating the Impact of the Early Career Women's Leadership Program.

IF 3.4 Q1 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Journal of Healthcare Leadership Pub Date : 2024-07-31 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.2147/JHL.S470538
Jennifer K Lee, Sean Tackett, Kimberly A Skarupski, Kathy Forbush, Barbara Fivush, Maria Oliva-Hemker, Rachel B Levine
{"title":"Inspiring and Preparing Our Future Leaders: Evaluating the Impact of the Early Career Women's Leadership Program.","authors":"Jennifer K Lee, Sean Tackett, Kimberly A Skarupski, Kathy Forbush, Barbara Fivush, Maria Oliva-Hemker, Rachel B Levine","doi":"10.2147/JHL.S470538","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The number of women in high-level leadership in academic medicine remains disproportionately low. Early career programs may help increase women's representation in leadership. We evaluated the Early Career Women's Leadership Program (ECWLP). We hypothesized that participants would rate themselves as having increased confidence in their leadership potential, improved leadership skills, and greater alignment between their goals for well-being and leading after the program. We also explored the participants' aspirations and confidence around pursuing high-level leadership before and after the program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We surveyed women physicians and scientists before and after they participated in the 2023 ECWLP, consisting of 11 seminars over six months. We analyzed pre- and post-program data using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. We analyzed answers to open-ended questions with a content analysis approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>47/51 (92%) participants responded, and 74% answered pre- and post-program questionnaires. Several metrics increased after the program, including women's confidence in their ability to lead (<i>p</i><0.001), negotiate (<i>p<</i>0.001), articulate their career vision (<i>p<</i>0.001), reframe obstacles (<i>p<</i>0.001), challenge their assumptions (<i>p</i><0.001), and align their personal and professional values (<i>p=</i>0.002). Perceptions of conflict between aspiring to lead and having family responsibilities (<i>p=</i>0.003) and achieving physical well-being (<i>p=</i>0.002) decreased. Perceived barriers to advancement included not being part of influential networks, a lack of transparency in leadership, and a competitive and individualistic culture. In the qualitative analysis, women described balancing internal factors such as self-doubt with external factors like competing professional demands when considering leadership. Many believed that becoming a leader would be detrimental to their well-being. Beneficial ECWLP components included support for self-reflection, tactical planning to pursue leadership, and creating a safe environment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ECWLP improved women's confidence and strategic plans to pursue leadership in a way that supported their work-life integration. Early career leadership programs may encourage and prepare women for high-level leadership.</p>","PeriodicalId":44346,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Healthcare Leadership","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11298210/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Healthcare Leadership","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S470538","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Purpose: The number of women in high-level leadership in academic medicine remains disproportionately low. Early career programs may help increase women's representation in leadership. We evaluated the Early Career Women's Leadership Program (ECWLP). We hypothesized that participants would rate themselves as having increased confidence in their leadership potential, improved leadership skills, and greater alignment between their goals for well-being and leading after the program. We also explored the participants' aspirations and confidence around pursuing high-level leadership before and after the program.

Methods: We surveyed women physicians and scientists before and after they participated in the 2023 ECWLP, consisting of 11 seminars over six months. We analyzed pre- and post-program data using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. We analyzed answers to open-ended questions with a content analysis approach.

Results: 47/51 (92%) participants responded, and 74% answered pre- and post-program questionnaires. Several metrics increased after the program, including women's confidence in their ability to lead (p<0.001), negotiate (p<0.001), articulate their career vision (p<0.001), reframe obstacles (p<0.001), challenge their assumptions (p<0.001), and align their personal and professional values (p=0.002). Perceptions of conflict between aspiring to lead and having family responsibilities (p=0.003) and achieving physical well-being (p=0.002) decreased. Perceived barriers to advancement included not being part of influential networks, a lack of transparency in leadership, and a competitive and individualistic culture. In the qualitative analysis, women described balancing internal factors such as self-doubt with external factors like competing professional demands when considering leadership. Many believed that becoming a leader would be detrimental to their well-being. Beneficial ECWLP components included support for self-reflection, tactical planning to pursue leadership, and creating a safe environment.

Conclusion: The ECWLP improved women's confidence and strategic plans to pursue leadership in a way that supported their work-life integration. Early career leadership programs may encourage and prepare women for high-level leadership.

激励和培养我们未来的领导者:评估早期职业女性领导力计划的影响。
目的:在学术医学界担任高层领导的女性人数仍然过少。早期职业计划可能有助于提高女性在领导层中的代表性。我们对 "早期职业女性领导力计划"(ECWLP)进行了评估。我们的假设是,参加者在课程结束后会认为自己对自身领导潜力的信心增强了,领导技能提高了,幸福目标与领导目标更加一致了。我们还探讨了参与者在课程前后对追求高层次领导力的愿望和信心:我们在女医生和女科学家参加2023年ECWLP前后对她们进行了调查。我们使用Wilcoxon符号秩检验分析了项目前后的数据。我们采用内容分析法对开放式问题的答案进行了分析:47/51(92%)名参与者做出了回应,74%的参与者回答了计划前后的问卷。项目结束后,几项指标都有所提高,包括女性对自己领导能力的信心(pp0.001)、表达职业愿景的信心(pp0.001)、重塑障碍的信心(pp0.001)、挑战假设的信心(pp=0.002)。对渴望成为领导者与家庭责任之间的冲突(p=0.003)和实现身体健康(p=0.002)的看法有所下降。所认为的晋升障碍包括不属于有影响力的网络、领导层缺乏透明度以及竞争和个人主义文化。在定性分析中,女性描述了在考虑担任领导职务时如何平衡自我怀疑等内部因素和相互竞争的职业需求等外部因素。许多人认为,成为领导者会损害她们的福祉。ECWLP的有益内容包括支持自我反思、追求领导力的战术规划以及创造安全的环境:ECWLP提高了女性的自信心,改善了她们追求领导力的战略计划,支持了她们工作与生活的融合。职业生涯早期领导力计划可以鼓励并帮助女性为担任高层领导做好准备。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Journal of Healthcare Leadership
Journal of Healthcare Leadership HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES-
CiteScore
5.40
自引率
2.30%
发文量
27
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: Efficient and successful modern healthcare depends on a growing group of professionals working together as an interdisciplinary team. However, many forces shape the delivery of healthcare; changes are being driven by the markets, transformations in concepts of health and wellbeing, technology and research and discovery. Dynamic leadership will guide these necessary transformations. The Journal of Healthcare Leadership is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on leadership for the healthcare professions. The publication strives to amalgamate current and future healthcare professionals and managers by providing key insights into leadership progress and challenges to improve patient care. The journal aspires to inform key decision makers and those professionals with ambitions of leadership and management; it seeks to connect professionals who are engaged in similar endeavours and to provide wisdom from those working in other industries. Senior and trainee doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals, medical students, healthcare managers and allied leaders are invited to contribute to this publication
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信