Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Cory Geffre, Executive Vice President of Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer at Altru Health System
Oct 31, 2025
Cory Geffre, Executive Vice President of Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer at Altru Health System, shares insights from his leadership book, 'Lead Your People'. He emphasizes the importance of workforce pipeline development through academic partnerships and apprenticeships. With a five-part leadership framework, Geffre discusses enhancing self-awareness for emerging leaders and advocates for continuous self-improvement and mentoring. Plus, he adds a fun twist by mentioning Brock Lesnar as the greatest wrestler from his hometown!
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Five-Part Leadership Framework
- Develop people first by focusing daily on coaching and growth before other priorities.
- Manage performance, build teams, improve operations, and then drive results with your team.
Turn Daily Lessons Into A Book
- Capture daily leadership learnings in notes and review them to create teachable lessons.
- Turn recurring lessons into short, practical chapters or guides for others.
Pipeline Growth Over Sign-On Wars
- The workforce shortage requires growing the pipeline, not just poaching staff with bonuses.
- Reinvent education through hospital-academic apprenticeships to expand entry paths into healthcare.
