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WHAT OUR NURSE LEADERS
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The 2025 NICU Leadership Forum will focus on how Nurse Leaders can transform challenges into opportunities, turning the impossible into possible. Together, we will explore innovative strategies, evidence-based practices, and real-world examples of leadership that drive positive change in healthcare. Through dynamic sessions and powerful discussions, participants will gain the tools and insights needed to lead with resilience, inspire their teams, and create lasting impact. Empower yourself to lead in ways that reshape healthcare for the better and demonstrate the boundless potential of nurse leadership.
At the 2025 NICU Leadership Forum, we will:
Are you interested in submitting an abstract for a poster?
Are you interested in submitting an abstract for a 60 or 20 minute speaking spot, or poster?
2025 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
Today’s nurse leaders are at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare, called to inspire, motivate, and empower high-performing teams while navigating the challenges of an ever-changing and uncertain world. In this engaging and impactful presentation, we will explore cutting-edge, evidence-based management strategies designed to elevate your leadership skills to new heights. Together, we’ll uncover the secrets to building resilient, adaptable teams and implementing best practices that drive success and innovation in the post-pandemic era. Whether you’re looking to refine your approach, spark inspiration, or create lasting change, this session will provide you with the tools, insights, and confidence to lead with purpose and vision in today’s dynamic healthcare environment.
Great leadership begins with vulnerability. Often leaders find themselves at a crossroads between strength and vulnerability which can manifest ultimately in burnout and moral distress. However authentic leadership can be forged through vulnerability. Creating safe spaces for leaders to pivot inspires safe spaces for both leaders and team members to grow. What happens when we say yes to ourselves and know to the illusion of perfection. In this talk audience members will follow Dr. Terri on journey from burnout to bright flame as she shares heartfelt lessons on the power of pivot in leadership.
From the Bedside to the Boardroom: A Journey of Purpose, Persistence, and Possibility
Nurses Change the World
The Power of Ethics: Practical Strategies to Relieve Moral Distress
Reaching Towards What is Next: Nurse Leaders’ Role in the Ideal Design of Professional Governance
Unleash your Potential: Engaging your Strengths for Impactful Leadership
From Bedside to Boardroom: Unmasking Implicit Bias and Leveraging Human Factors for Transformative Nurse Leadership
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2025 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
In this pre-conference, we will explore how you show up to lead through the lens of coaching and mentorship. We will dive into the fundamentals of coaching, equipping participants with mindsets, practices and frameworks to bring a coach-like way of BEING to your leadership. We will explore the importance of mentorship – both in BEING a mentor and in mentoring others. We will link the science of wellBEING to the practice of coaching, offering tangible take-aways to create a psychologically safe environment intentional
to cultivate learning and growth through a strengths-based, appreciative, coaching approach that fosters individual flourishing and effective teamwork.
Diane M. Rogers, PCC, CPXP, Founder & CEO, Contagious Change
$175 USD
*Registration for both half day sessions (includes lunch) is $299
This interactive workshop is designed to equip all leaders and educators with actionable tools and strategies necessary to effectively execute a plan from concept to implementation. Learn how to create staffing and financial efficiencies on your unit that will allow leaders the time needed to focus on key components necessary to be strategic, innovative, and improve outcomes! This focused-version of the popular “New Leader Bootcamp” is valuable for all leaders.
Key topics include:
Annie Craig, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, Senior Director of Neonatal and Perinatal Services Patient Care Services, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Bobbie Smith, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, ANLC-P, Labor & Delivery/Fetal Surgery Center Manager, Children’s Hospital Colorado
$175 USD
*Registration for both half day sessions (includes lunch) is $299
Email Melissa Gehl at mgehl@synovaassociates.com to be added to a waitlist for the event.
APPLY FOR A
Synova will be granting tuition scholarship for NICU nurse leaders to attend the 2025 Neonatal Leadership Forum. Scholarship application deadline is November 15th. Notifications will sent in early December. If accepted, you commit to attend the event.
[THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS PASSED]
2025 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
$799 USD Early Bird Registration (Ending January 26, 2025)
$899 USD Regular Registration
$949 USD Late Registration (After March 9, 2025, if Available)
How You Show Up to Coach & Mentor Your Staff (Half Day, AM) – $175
Driving the Business Case: Move Your Idea from Plan to Practice (HALF DAY PM) – $175
Both Half Day Sessions (Includes lunch) – $299
Please note:
We have reach capacity near the beginning of Late Registration the past 3 years, so don’t wait to register!
Discount available for teams of 5 or more from the same hospital. Contact mgehl@synovaassociates.com for details.
Since conference registration and hotel rooms are limited, early registration is advised.
Registrations sent without payment will not be held after March 8.
Out of consideration to registrants, children of any age and spouses/guests may not attend the Sessions. Guests 21 and older may attend the social event on Tuesday, April 29 for a fee (guest registration occurs onsite)
Tuition includes continuing education hours and many meals/snacks
Please note:
Out of consideration to registrants, children of any age and spouses/guests may not attend the Sessions. Guests 21 and older may attend the social event on Tuesday, April 29 for a fee (guest registration occurs onsite)
Tuition includes continuing education hours and many meals/snacks
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
Take a look at our NICU Leadership Forum brochure for an overview of the 2025 NICU Leadership Forum Event.
Our agenda is ever expanding. Take a look to see what we’ll be talking about at this year’s event.
2025 NICU LEADERSHIP FORUM
TAKE A LOOK AT THE VENUE:
Synova Associates
13425 Marquette Ave
Elm Grove, WI 53122
At Synova Associates, we are a nurse leadership company. We strive to change how nurse leadership works and the scope of the very field. We aim to shape a diverse work environment that endorses opportunities for both personal and professional growth. Synova Associates encourages an inclusive workforce that complements that of women, neonates, and their families.
