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Perspectives

ACHE Is Your
Career Partner
Deborah J. Bowen,
FACHE, CAE

ACHE provides a wealth of career
management resources to meet your needs.

executives are good at planning, executing and monitoring progress. So
why don’t we apply these same skills
to our own career planning? The
demands of life can certainly get in
the way—yet we all know what gets
managed gets done.
When it comes to your career, careful
planning not only helps you achieve
your goals and gets you where you
want to go, but it also helps you be
prepared for the inevitable, unforeseen
events that can derail a career, especially given the challenging healthcare environment in which we live. It
has become more important than
ever to strategically manage your career
and proactively address challenges—
and be ready for opportunities—that
may arise in these dynamic times.
As your career partner, AcHe offers
a full array of services to meet your
needs. AcHe’s career services assist
you in the following key areas.
Career development. AcHe offers a
variety of assessments, workshops and
other tools to help you manage your
career. These assessments can provide
you with insights to help you understand what to keep doing and what to
change. AcHe’s Healthcare executive

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competencies Assessment Tool is a
complimentary and valuable resource
for understanding specific strengths
and areas for development. The
leadership mentoring Network supports career development by matching mentors and mentees and enables
participants to grow as leaders
through the mentoring experience.

As your career partner,
ACHE offers a full array of
services to meet your needs.
Career transitions. AcHe provides
you resources to assist with career
transitions, whether you’re advancing
to a new role, developing new skills
to take your career in a different
direction or entering the healthcare
management field for the first time.
our online Job and resume bank—
which averages more than 2,000
positions per month—helps members
making job and career path changes.
AcHe’s resume review/critique
service is another helpful job search
tool, as is the executive Job Search
Workshop. AcHe also provides links
to major executive search firms and
an executive coaches directory. The
Postgraduate Administrative

Fellowships area of ache.org supports
early careerists (visit ache.org/
Postgrad).
Career connections. both formal
and informal interaction with peers
and leaders in the field is another
critical component of your career
development. In addition to opportunities to network with other executives
at educational events such as the annual
congress on Healthcare leadership,
cluster programs and other in-person
offerings, AcHe also provides
opportunities to connect online. If
you haven’t already, consider joining
the American college of Healthcare
executives (AcHe) official Group
on linkedIn. The career management
Network serves AcHe members who
are actively networking. And AcHe’s
more than 80 chapters provide you
education and networking opportunities at the local level.
Information about all of these career
resources is available in both the public and members only areas of
ache.org/Careers.
When navigating the career maze, it’s
essential to be proactive, take control
and invest the time and resources
needed to ensure success in your
career—today and tomorrow. AcHe
looks forward to being a partner with
you on your career journey. s
Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, is
president/CEO of the American College
of Healthcare Executives. She can be
reached at dbowen@ache.org.

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