Article: Health Systems Grew Their Own Leaders – Here’s What The Data Shows

Health systems have spent years arguing that growing leaders from within often beats importing them, for a few reasons: it is more cost-effective, more culturally aligned and more sustainable.

The logic underpins everything from executive-level succession conversations to the structured cohort programs now spreading across the industry. The harder question — whether those programs actually move people up, or whether they develop employees who eventually take those skills somewhere else — is the one most systems have not fully answered.

Becker’s connected with health system leaders who offered a direct response, and each one brought numbers.

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