Quint Studer

Quint Studer is the founder of Studer Group, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 15 books, and one of the most influential leaders in American healthcare. Named by Inc. Magazine as its Master of Business and twice selected among Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare, Studer has dedicated his career to helping organizations build cultures of high performance.

From Special Education Teacher to Healthcare Transformation Leader

Studer began his career as a special education teacher for ten years before entering healthcare in 1984. Rising through the ranks as supervisor, director, VP, COO, and hospital president, he witnessed firsthand what drives organizational excellence. His breakthrough book Hardwiring Excellence has sold over 700,000 copies and remains one of the most widely read books in healthcare leadership history. He founded Studer Group in 2000, pioneering Evidence-Based Leadership methodology that connected employee engagement, analytics, and accountability to sustainable high performance. The company was sold to Huron Consulting Group for $325 million in 2015.

Building Vibrant Organizations and Communities

After selling Studer Group, Studer founded the Studer Community Institute to apply his leadership principles to community revitalization, helping transform Pensacola, Florida into an award-winning model for downtown development. He also co-founded Healthcare Plus Solutions Group to continue his impact in healthcare. His latest books include Rewiring Excellence and The Human Margin. An owner of two minor league baseball teams, Studer brings practical, actionable strategies to every keynote, translating complex business concepts into doable behaviors that create lasting organizational change.

A Culture of High Performance

Our industry has always dealt with change. But the environment we’re navigating now requires change at a new level. We’ve moved from experiencing episodic change to continuous change and that requires a whole different set of skills and a whole different level of urgency.

This session will review the framework, principles, processes and tactics that hardwire excellence in your organization—all the while growing a culture of consistent reliable execution that drives quality higher as it controls costs.

Objectives:

• Share the latest research that validates the characteristics of high performing organizations.
• Lay the framework and core principles for dramatic culture change.

Diagnosis of organizations in key areas including:

• Alignment and readiness for change regarding the changing and often disruptive external environment.
• Fundamentals in implementation of an objective and weighted measurement and development of leader skills.
• Self-awareness and ability to understand own performance.
• Correlation of best practices and consistency of leadership practices.
• How well are employees held accountable.

Ensure Success Lasts Longer than Individual Leaders