The ability to bridge between worlds as a leader is a must-have skill but one that needs to be operationalized. For example, leaders in Canadian academic health sciences centres (AHSCs) are often invested in the university or hospital/health systems side. Rarely are the two worlds well bridged, and as a result, there is a growing divide between the academics and the hospital administrators of our AHSCs. The solutions for most problems, however, often require both parties within the leadership of the AHSCs to have a deep empathy and understanding of each others’ priorities and interests.

We hope this program can allow leaders who hold dual citizenship roles (e.g. teacher and researcher, hospital leader and academic faculty, clinician and scientist, or others) to work on reconciling their two sides and find ways to seek win-win solutions for all involved collaboratively. By participating in this program, we hope to help participants set the foundation to effectively lead in their academic, research, and clinical leadership roles.

Fees to Attend

*HST #11903 5988 RT0001

$5500.00 CAD +HST for individuals outside of the McMaster community
$3000.00 CAD +HST for McMaster Faculty/Staff
$2500.00 CAD +HST for Residents/Trainees/Fellows

Main Learning Sessions

• Monday, September 9 – Overview to BLP, Leads Self, and Welcome Dinner (in-person: 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.)
• Monday, September 30 – Engages Others (virtual: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.)
• Wednesday, October 23 – Achieves Results (virtual: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.)
• Wednesday, November 13 – Develops Coalitions (virtual: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.)
• Wednesday, November 27 – Systems Change and Wrap-Up (in-person: 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.)

Additional Small Group Project Time will be requested of the team in the morning or afternoon on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

Program Content

The following is a listing of the program content that participants will engage in during the Bridging Leaders Program.

Each module is comprised of two parts:

1. Synchronous kick-off workshop (Virtual and In-Person Synchronous Kick-Off sessions).
2. Asynchronous discussion and small group tasks after each kick-off.

Each individual will also be paired with an executive coach and will participate in a total of 2 coaching sessions. This coach’s job will be to help you unlock your leadership potential or wrestle with current leadership dilemmas.