Lecture Series

Leaders are challenged to create an inclusive experience for a diverse multi-generational workforce that is empowered, informed, and very vocal. For example, what prior generations viewed as a privilege, today’s talent believes is their right:

  • “I have the right to feel my voice is heard and honored.”
  • “I have the right to a job that engages my heart, mind, and spirit.”
  • “I have the right to a work environment that supports how my brain works.”
  • “I have the right to choose my pronouns."

Anna Liotta, MA, CSP, CPAE, is the founder of The Generational Institute™, and author of the bestselling “Unlocking Generational CODES.” Anna is an award-winning speaker, business consultant, and one of the world’s most sought-after thought leaders on generational leadership, with clients that include Amazon, Bloomberg, J & J, Coca-Cola, Johns Hopkins, Microsoft, and the NBA. Her presentation will help leaders understand the issues and opportunities you face. Through this event, you will:

  • Discover the table stakes workplace expectations from each generation’s point of view.
  • Learn to improve recruiting, onboarding, retention, and feedback by leveraging the Generational CODES® - 10/10/10 System.
  • Uncover how to optimize time, energy, and communication choices to engage each generation.
  • Transform generational workplace upsets into retention tools.

Past featured speakers

Drawing upon the program's focus at the intersection of business and medicine, the Executive Leadership Lecture Series features two thought leaders each year—one from the business world and one from medicine. Speakers explore a current topic or theme that adds value for physician leaders and challenges their approach to leadership. Meet our previous speakers.

  • Karen Nichols, DO | Leadership Consultant and Speaker 
  • Dan Diamond, MD | Leadership coach, keynote speaker, and former disaster relief physician
  • Susan Dentzer | President and CEO of America’s Physician Groups
  • Rex Hoffman, MD, MBA'18 | Executive Director of Operations and Chief Medical Officer, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
  • Toby Cosgrove, MD | Healthcare expert and former president and CEO, Cleveland Clinic 
  • Connie Mariano, MD | Former White House physician to the President and founder of the Center for Executive Medicine 
  • Alex Azar | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former president of the U.S. Division, Eli Lilly and Company
  • David Pryor, MD | Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Ascension
  • Bob Chapman | CEO, Barry-Wehmill
  • Ora Pescovitz, MD | President, Oakland University
  • Chris Kay | Senior Vice President and CIO, Humana
  • Mae Jemison, MD | American engineer, physician, and NASA astronaut
  • Daniel Coyle | New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code
  • Tom Cooper, MD | Healthcare entrepreneur
  • Alexandra Christina | Countess of Frederiksborg in Denmark
  • Ann Christensen | President, Clayton Christensen Institute
  • Ron Laufer | Senior Managing Director, MedImmune Ventures
  • Brian Primack, MD, Ph.D. | Dean, University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions
  • William H. Thompson | Chairman, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.

A Gift from Our Physician Alumni

Several  graduates of the first Business of Medicine MBA Program cohort in 2016 present a large check for $125,000  as a class gift to the school.

In the Kelley Physician MBA, physicians understand the value of learning from others, and they pay it forward. This lecture series was created through a generous gift from the Class of 2016, in which each member donated funds to endow it. In addition to providing current students access to high-profile healthcare leaders, the lecture series is an opportunity for alumni to return to Indianapolis and participate in thought-provoking discussions throughout their careers.