In this latest discussion, the Child Health Advisory Council™ breaks down how to effectively integrate community engagement as a key strategic component of your faculty leadership, and even general faculty, recruitment processes. Whether as interviewer, dinner host, group participant, the Council discusses how involving outside parties such as community pediatricians, parental advisory groups and mental health professionals, can more effectively assist you in attracting top 1% talent and providing added value in your community engagement and philanthropic missions.
When initiating a search of a departmental leadership position, how can you assure a diverse and comprehensive applicant pool. The Child Health Advisory Council shares their experiences and evolution in thinking about how to reach a sometimes limited pool of pediatric sub-specialists.
What Non-Clinical Positions Do You Need to Support Your Pediatric Department?
Leaders at every level within the academic pediatric department require strong administrative support. The Child Health Advisory Council discuss the importance of the partnership of a senior business administrator and the academic leader, as well as the qualities that they found led to a successful administrative leader.
The first years of academic appointment are often the most critical in the career of a physician-scientist. Frequently, the first external grant during this important period is the K Award from the National Institutes of Health.
In this discussion, the Child Health Advisory Council focuses on what environment and resources are required for success as an emerging researcher obtains a K Award.
Faculty are the most valuable resource for an academic department to achieve its mission. Creating a culture to retain talented colleagues is one of the most important responsibilities of leaders. It can take years for a division and department to recover after losing a valuable faculty member. The Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC), a group of seasoned pediatric leaders, discuss their experience in retaining colleagues and the costs of failing to do so.
Overview: In this Pediatric Insight Conversation, the Child Health Advisory council tackles a crucial conversation of effectively guiding Internal Candidates through the leadership search committee process. While your efforts will literally affect one faculty member, the experiences of the one will be a window for all faculty into how you value and manage the careers of emerging leaders. The resulting faculty observations and opinions will definitively impact your retention efforts, for good or bad!
Listen to what the Child Health Advisory Council™ has to say about the definition of a diverse search, preparation, selection process for best outcomes, candidate pool development, establishing purpose and metrics, executive firm expectations and more.
CareerPhysician and the Child Health Advisory Council® are firmly committed to capturing the leadership wisdom and experience of current and emeritus pediatric chiefs, chairs and health system executives and to passing it on to current and future generations. Pediatric Insight conversations, articles and webinars center around the Core Leadership Competencies and are tactical, experience-based offerings that continue to positively impact the legacies of today’s leaders and the successes of the faculty and patients they serve.
Episode 57: Professionalism, Etiquette and Personal Protection: Assessing Candidate Obligations in the Search Process May 28, 2026 | Duration: 26:05 | Moderator: F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
From navigating multiple opportunities to determining when and how to communicate with current leadership and colleagues — what should you expect from candidates when juggling these commitments?
In the latest Pediatric Insight, council members discuss the candidate’s obligations during the search process and how professionalism, transparency and protecting relationships all play a role.
Listen to the conversation for key insights on balancing honesty and etiquette throughout the recruitment process.
Episode 56: Recruitment Packages: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
In Part 2 of our latest Pediatric Insight conversation, the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) members discuss common pitfalls that can derail making a deal with a candidate and how to avoid them. Learn from their personal experiences and outcomes so your process is streamlined, has transparency and maintains momentum from start to finish.
Moderators: Craig Hillemeier, MD and Peggy Troy, MSN, RN
Episode 55: Managing Up – The Art of Building a Competitive Recruitment Package – Part 1
How do you approach negotiations with candidates? Hear from this esteemed group of emeritus pediatric leaders, who comprise the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC), on what they prioritized, how they balanced internal needs, and non-traditional ways they put together packages that set the foundation for long-term success.
Moderators: Craig Hillemeier, MD and Peggy Troy, MSN, RN
The recruitment process can be long in academic child health but it’s critical to pay even more attention to the final visit as you did for the first one. This is a time of a deep bidirectional conversation, evaluation and understanding of future needs and goals for both candidates and leadership.
Episode 56: Recruitment Packages: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Episode 54: Navigating the Finalist Visit