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Jared LeDoux 

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is one of the largest private medical centers in Louisiana. The private, nonprofit, 800-bed hospital in Baton Rouge serves approximately 45,000 inpatients and 350,000 outpatients annually.The hospital has used external sourcing to fill many of its senior-level leadership positions, as this approach can bring in leaders from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. But leadership development director Jared LeDoux wanted to ensure that the hospital’s internal staff had the experience and opportunity to fill senior-level leadership positions as well. Internal recruitment can be cost-efficient, reduce training time, improve engagement, and make succession planning easier.LeDoux, working with stakeholders across the organization, created a leadership development program in 2017 called Proven Leader. To develop high-potential managers for senior leadership positions, the three-month program would comprise three components: mentoring, experiential learning (by which participants learn through direct, hands-on experience), and formal, instructor-led live classroom training. All aspects of the program were developed in alignment with three major leader activities from the organization’s leadership competency model: setting direction, solving problems, and mobilizing people.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center: Experiential Learning and Mentoring for Future Senior Leaders

Several healthcare associations have developed healthcare leadership competency models that include financial acumen skills and behaviors.