Emily's Journey into Healthcare Leadership

In today’s world, it seems like healthcare organizations are becoming increasingly interested in what the data says-performance scores, employee satisfaction, employee retention rates, patient satisfaction scores. While these things have their time and place, I think to improve the health of any organization, the human part must first be addressed. Humans are relational beings. In order to perform at their best, people need to feel a sense of belonging, they need to trust who

Part of the human experience that comes with being born into a fallen world entails hardship and struggle. It’s what we do with those hardships that defines us. While we tend to do everything we can to avoid hardships and other difficult experiences, these are actually the types of moments that create the most room for growth. The same is true in healthcare. Struggle is inevitable. Our response to the struggle plays a crucial role in whether we let it break us or whether we g

Between 2016 and 2020, I attended Calvin University, a small Christian college in Michigan. Calvin’s mission is to help its students “to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as Christ’s agents of renewal in the world” (Calvin University, n.d.). While I didn’t fully appreciate the influence of that mission while I was attending Calvin, I have since come to let it shape how I approach not only healthcare leadership, but my life in general. The ability to thin