The Dan O'Keeffe Leadership Academy is designed to engage MFM specialists in a unique professional development experience that frames leadership as building relationships, cultivating excellence, and sustaining energy for productive influence, agency, and motivation to enact positive change.

The Academy is built on the new science of leadership, which includes identifying and maximizing talents and strengths, developing high-performance teams, leading with influence, understanding self and the challenges of transformational leadership, building and sustaining relationships in pursuit of excellence, engaging in crucial conversations, managing conflict productively, leading successful proactive change, and establishing cultures of engagement and energy within workplaces and one's sphere of influence. 

The Academy strives to build a culture that focuses on leadership as serving others, not leadership titles. In so doing, the Academy creates and nurtures a community of diverse leaders within healthcare. MFM physicians at all career levels are encouraged to attend and pay attention to the personal development and wellness required for sustained long-term leadership within the complex world of healthcare.

Equally important work in the Academy includes attention to developing talent, focusing on strengths, building strong interpersonal relationships, leading with influence, and engaging in communication and crucial conversations in pursuit of individual, team, and organizational excellence. When you participate in the Academy, you join this vibrant community of MFM leaders. Your learning and development continue as a community member long after your Academy experience.

The six-month Leadership Academy experience will address the following topics: 

The New Science of Leadership 

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 

Leading from Strengths 

Authentic Communication and Conversations 

Leveraging Diversity and Nurturing Inclusion Through Leadership 

Articulating and Focusing on Standards of Excellence for Individuals, Teams, and Organizations 

Building and Sustaining Strong Relationships as a Leader 

Developing and Leading High-Performance Teams 

Leading with Positive Influence 

Engaging in Crucial Conversations 

Managing Accountabilities, Conflict, Toxicity, and Narcissism 

Leading Individual, Team, and Organizational Change 

Being a 360-Degree Leader within Complex Organizations 

Creating and Nurturing Cultures of Positivity, Caring, Honesty, Trust, and Hope 

Developing Personal Strategies for Meeting the Challenges of Inspired Leadership 

Learning and Practicing Resiliency and Wellness Strategies to Avoid Burn-Out