General Meeting: The MD Anderson Leadership Institute: A Journey of Growth, Innovation, and Impact

The MD Anderson Leadership Institute: A Journey of Growth, Innovation, and Impact

Leadership is not a position—it’s a practice that evolves through vision, courage, and collaboration. The MD Anderson Leadership Institute was established to develop leaders at every level who can advance our mission to end cancer. This talk will highlight the institute’s journey, from its origins and guiding principles to the challenges faced and lessons learned along the way. Through stories of impact, reflections on what worked (and what didn’t), and a look ahead to the future of leadership development in healthcare, participants will gain insight into how intentional investment in people creates a culture of excellence and resilience.

Learner Objectives:

• Identify key challenges and successes encountered in building a leadership development program within a leading academic medical center.
• Apply lessons learned to their own leadership journeys and organizational contexts.
• Recognize the importance of cultivating leadership at all levels to sustain mission-driven impact.

ATD Capability Model – Building Personal Capability, Performance Improvement, Learning Technologies

To learn more about this model see: https://tdcapability.org/

Speakers

Courtney L. Holladay, Ph.D. is the Vice President of the Leadership Institute within Human Resources at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She received her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Rice University, holds her license as a psychologist in the state of Texas and has earned her International Coach Federation credential as an executive coach at the professional certified coach level. With more than 20 years of experience in healthcare, she currently leads programs in the Leadership Institute focused on leadership development, enveloping curricula, mentoring, coaching, selection, surveys and assessments, change enablement, teams and personalized development for faculty and administrative leaders. She focuses her team on evaluating the effectiveness of their programs, ensuring evidence underlies their translation across the organization. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Business and Psychology, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Applied Psychology and Leadership and Organization Development.