LEADERSHIP & CULTURE

Leadership & Culture

Leader rounding, psychological safety, and accountability practices that connect everyday leadership behavior directly to patient experience outcomes — grounded in 30+ years of nursing and healthcare leadership.

What This Covers

Leader Rounding

A printable, carry-with-you reference of the most effective questions to ask during leadership rounding with patients, families, nurses, physicians, and teams.

Leader Rounding Question Cards →

Psychological Safety

Practical tools to help healthcare leaders create environments where staff feel safe to speak up, ask questions, report concerns, and learn from mistakes.

Psychological Safety Leader Toolkit →

Accountability for Experience Outcomes

CAHPS scores are a direct reflection of leadership — they move when leaders consistently set expectations and follow through on the drivers behind them.

Hospital & Home Health CAHPS Leadership Toolkit →

Speaking, Coaching & Consulting

Leadership seminars, new-manager training, hiring practices, and patient experience improvement initiatives delivered directly to healthcare teams and organizations.

Coaching & Consulting →

Critical Conversations in Healthcare

Cheri Clancy’s book, published with Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing, on navigating the difficult conversations healthcare leaders face.

View the Book →

Communication Foundation

Leadership culture depends on clear communication. See how the same method applies to patient- and staff-facing materials organization-wide.

Communication Clarity →

Why Care Experience Lab

Cheri Clancy, MSN, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CPXP, is a nurse executive, certified patient experience professional, author, and speaker with more than 30 years in healthcare leadership. She has served as Assistant Vice President of Patient Experience for a three-hospital health system and as a professor of leadership at Rutgers University. Her leadership, communication, and emotional-intelligence work is not legacy material — it is the intellectual foundation of Care Experience Lab.

Ready to strengthen leadership and culture on your team?

Start with a Communication Clarity Audit, or book Cheri directly for a leadership seminar, workshop, or keynote.

Request Your Clarity Audit