Recovery-Oriented Transformational Leadership 

Registration deadline 10/25/24

LOCATION: VIRTUAL

TRAINER:

Samson Teklemariam, LPC, CPTM, is the Vice President of Clinical Services for Behavioral Health Group (BHG). Samson also serves as the Southeast Regional Vice President for NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals. He is an accomplished leader with a history of driving organizational results with learning and development solutions. He was formerly the Director of Training and Professional Development for NAADAC and National Director of Learning and Development for Phoenix House Foundation. Samson is a certified lea trainer for the Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse (CBISA) curriculum, Calm Every Storm: Crisis Prevention & Intervention curriculum, and experienced in treating trauma-related disorders using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TFCBT) and Seeking Safety.

DESCRIPTION:

According to the Department of Employment and Development, indicators show that over 15% of mental health and substance use counselors are predicted to leave their profession in the next year. “Quiet quitting,” a workforce disruptor, has recently impacted the addiction profession. Now more than ever, effective leadership can be the difference-maker of a successful or failing program. Existing and emerging leaders need a recovery-oriented leadership model that is ideal for the workforce and patients we serve. This presentation will identify some of the challenges in creating a stable and healthy work culture for recovery organizations and provide a leadership framework that blends evidence-based leadership strategies that fit the addiction profession’s primary leadership needs.

AGENDA:

Morning: 9:00 am – Noon

• Welcome & Introductions
• Examining Workforce Disruptors: An Era of Instability
• Understanding the Addiction Profession’s Primary Leadership Needs
• Exercise: What type of leader are you (leadership style self-assessment activity)?

Break 10:30 – 10:45 am.

• Introducing Recovery-Oriented Leadership in Healthcare from literature reviews
• Discussing Person-Centered Leadership and the Parallel Process
• Recovery-Oriented Transformational Leadership as a blended leadership framework
• Exercise: Review most common leadership style questions and answers from leadership style self-assessment (introduction to leadership case studies group review)

Lunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Afternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

• Collaborative Leadership
• The Studer Group and Rounding
• Exercise: Brief pair up for rounding activity 
• The Neuroscience of Trust

Break 2:30 – 2:45pm.

• Disciplines of Execution
• Understanding OKRs vs. KPIs
• The 12 Steps (Commitments of a Leader)
• Wrap-Up: Q&A

Adjourn: 4:30 pm

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Participants will be able to distinguish a leadership framework that fits in recovery organizations.
2. Participants will be able to summarize four evidence-based leadership models tailored specifically for integrated care settings.
3. Participants will learn how to implement an outcome and key results (OKR) system.