The Birth of a Healthcare Leadership Academy: Lessons Learned From The Ohio State University

The purpose of this article is to share the lessons learned from The Ohio State University's (OSU's) College of Nursing's (CON's) efforts to design and grow a leadership academy with a strategic vision of enhancing the leadership skills of nurses and other healthcare professionals, so that others can use these lessons to inform the successful development of similar initiatives. The ultimate goal of a leadership institute/initiative is to strengthen leadership confidence and competence for the ultimate purpose of improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes, as well as of reducing costs.