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Introducing the 2025 cohort of the Cedars-Sinai Managing to Leading Program

By Healthforce Center on
Pictured: M2L cohort 8 at their inaugural seminar in May 2025.

Clinicians Selected for California Health Care Leadership Program

By By Mariana Torres, MSW, Senior Program Officer at the California Health Care Foundation on
Thirty-two fellows have been selected for the next cohort of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program, which helps clinicians improve the operations of safety-net institutions and the overall health care system in California.

Introducing the 2024 Cohort of the Managing to Leading Program

Pictured: M2L cohort 7 at their inaugural seminar in May 2024.

Empowering 32 More Future Health Care Leaders

By By Dr. Michelle Schneidermann, director of the California Health Care Foundation’s People-Centered Care Team on
Pictured: The 32 members of cohort 23 of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program at their first seminar together in December 2023 (photo credit: Melissa Lucas).

Emerging Leaders Give Me Hope for Health Equity in California

By By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager, Healthforce Center at UCSF on
Pictured: Marie Hubbard (seated in maroon cardigan) joins a group photo of M2L cohort 5 at their graduation in May 2023. (photo credit: Noah Berger) Applications due Friday, March 7, 2025 for the next M2L cohort!

Leadership Training Accrues Myriad Benefits to Employer Organizations: M2L Evaluation

By By Jessica Thacher, MPH and Caron Lee, MS on
Pictured: M2L cohort 6 at a program seminar in May 2023 (photo credit: Noah Berger). In 2023 Cedars-Sinai’s Community Benefit Giving Office commissioned Jess Thacher Consulting to evaluate the Managing to Leading (M2L) program that is administered by Healthforce Center at UCSF. This is an abridged…

Four Reasons Why Organizations Need to Invest in Developing Leaders

By By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager and Sunita Mutha, Director on
Pictured: The 14th cohort of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program in 2016 (photo credit: Noah Berger)  

Introducing the New Cohort of the Managing to Leading Program

Healthforce Center at UCSF is pleased to announce the sixth cohort of the Cedars-Sinai’s Community Clinic Initiative: Managing to Leading (M2L) program. Funded by Cedars-Sinai and administered by Healthforce Center, this program develops emerging leaders to foster the knowledge, skills, and…

Planning for the Inevitable: Succession Planning for Senior Leaders

By California Improvement Network Team on
Succession planning is an often-neglected undertaking. It can be challenging to prioritize this essential task when teams are consumed with day-to-day operations. Some leaders struggle to face the possibility of a transition and delay thinking about the inevitable. Similarly, others may not want to…

Community Clinic Workers in Los Angeles Now Invited to Build Leadership Skills

Applications for the Cedars-Sinai Managing to Leading program close Friday, March 17 Imagine spending a year with a small cohort of staff from other community clinics achieving personal development goals, learning how to improve health care delivery, receiving coaching on communication and…

Healthforce Center Welcomes Five Summer Interns to UCSF!

Healthforce Center at UCSF is pleased to welcome five interns this summer! Working with interns is just one way in which Healthforce Center advances health equity by building pipelines of diverse health clinicians, researchers, and leaders. Internships such as these provides an opportunity for…

Meet the Fifth Cohort of the Cedars-Sinai Managing to Leading Program

Thirty-two mid-level clinicians and administrative staff who work in community health centers and other safety-net organizations in Los Angeles have been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the Cedars-Sinai’s Community Clinic Initiative: Managing to Leading (M2L) program.