CHS University

CHS University is designed to:

Further develop and enhance knowledge and skills for leadership that creates better workplace environments for our teams.
Gain tools and training needed in our everyday work to become stronger leaders as we move our organization forward.
Apply all we have learned to both our business and personal lives.
Further strengthen our resolve to support our core beliefs.

Participants are selected by a committee on the merits of the information provided on the application. The committee seeks representation from a cross-section of CHS campuses. Applications are open from the end of May to the middle of June each year for the new cohort, which begins the middle of July.

Art & Sciences of Conversations

The Art and Sciences of Conversation will focus on defining what a difficult conversation is and what it is not and recognizing the most common mistakes made when avoiding a difficult conversation. Then participants will use a framework for conducting a difficult conversation including preparing, conducting and monitoring progress of the conversation and ensuring it doesn’t have to occur again.

Coaching Accountability & Performance Management

Coaching Accountability offers coaching managers the opportunity to practice effective coaching, provides the skills needed to use the OSCAR model in team meetings and creates a coaching accountability contract for everyone.

Coaching Change 101

Coaching Change focuses on the difference between change and the passage through change, how change management is about individual behaviors and focuses on strategies to successfully navigate change for individuals and teams. Change management will be enhanced through the ADKAR change model. ADKAR helps leaders diagnose the resistance to change, progress through the change and develop a change management plan for their team.

Coaching Change 102

Coaching Change 102 builds on Coaching Change 101 with a focus on how organizational change occurs through individuals changing, how to prioritize effectively when communicating change, and how to help players get unstuck by coaching through change. Hands-on coaching using the ADKAR model with enhancements will be practiced.

Coaching Trust

Coaching Trust reviews the Oscar model for coaching that was learned in The Mindsets, Skillsets and Toolsets of a CHS Leader. Participants then have in-depth opportunities to practice coaching. Lastly, the module takes a deep dive into the five behaviors that make a great team. Focusing on Trust, Unfiltered Conflict, Commitment, Accountability and Results, teams see how they can work better to uphold the values of CHS.

Co-Elevation and Collaboration

Co-Elevation and Collaboration focuses on building relationships and co-creating with people and resources outside of your direct control. You’ll identify ways to help one another develop new capabilities and gain new perspectives, which will ultimately help you achieve greater things. Focusing on the CHS Leadership model, this module helps leaders move to the next level to Co-Elevate.

Emotionally Intelligent Leader

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader focuses on the study of emotional intelligence (EQ) and its positive effects on leadership capabilities. Attendees will learn how to ensure active listening and understanding. Additionally, this session walks participants through their Emotional Quotient Assessment results and helps leaders develop an action plan for improvement for each of the five Domains for EQ.

Know Yourself, Know Others

Know Yourself, Know Others takes a deep dive into individuals’ Driving Forces, Behaviors, and Personal Skill (Competencies). Understanding not only your Behaviors and Motivators but also the Driving Forces and Behaviors of those around you allows leaders to have more positive interactions with their teams. Learning to adapt communication styles to meet others where they are is essential.

High Impact Teams 101

High Impact Teams focuses on psychological safety and what makes the team psychologically safe. Leaders will recognize the significance of psychological safety in developing a flourishing team environment. Leaders will be forced to observe their current patterns to diagnose the current state of their team’s psychological safety and then will integrate the day’s learnings into their daily team activities.

High Impact Teams 102

Building off High Impact Teams 101, High Impact Teams 102 looks at Advancing the CHS Mission with Performance Management. After reviewing the four zones of psychological safety, students take an in-depth look at traditional performance management compared to modern performance management and its benefits. Students will reflect on personal mindset, behavior and results as well as developing a CHS mindset. Then using SMART goals, leaders will commit to self and team improvement.

Mindsets, Skillsets, and Toolsets of a CHS Leader.

The Mindsets, Skillsets and Toolsets of a CHS Leader focuses on four principles: Connect, Co-Create, Carry Out and Coach.

Connect: focuses on listening to increase employee engagement, blockers to communication and the RIP Feedback Model.

Co-Create: focuses on the value of clarity, CHS Values and strategic execution of our values.

Carry Out: focuses on leader accountability, clear expectations and the READI GO delegation planner.

Coach: develops the 1:1 model for coaching between leaders and their reports.

Tenacious Ownership

Tenacious Ownership explores taking personal accountability to build an Ownership Mindset (instead of a victim mindset) to create results and buy-in across the organization through leading by example. A dive into levels of ownership and how they correlate to levels of accountability will allow individuals and teams to assess where they are on the ladder. Using learned coaching models a focus on 16 Best Practices of See it, Own It, Solve It, Do It are also leveraged.