The NCHL deploys and pilots programs through Leadership Excellence Networks, which are a community of organizations committed to NCHL's vision and actively participating in NCHL programs.

LENS is a collaborative learning network that:

• Promotes sharing of best practices across healthcare sectors and other industries with leading CEOs, chief human resource officers, and chief learning officers using NCHL research
• Applies a systems and competency-based approach to leadership development
• Utilizes a nationally researched and validated competency model for healthcare leadership as the foundation for its programming and assessment
• Reflects the skills and behaviors required for high performing, effective healthcare leaders in various stages of their career (entry, mid-level, and advanced) and across the disciplines of administration, medicine, and nursing
• Benchmarks evidence-based results of healthcare leadership initiatives
• Fosters needs analysis, program co-development, continuous improvement, and evaluation in an environment of shared learning

For more information, contact Kimberly Donhauser at 312.755.5022 or kdonhauser@nchl.org.