Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Tesha Montgomery  at the WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation) Annual Summit.

As a registered nurse, Tesha spent years delivering patient care.  That experience has served her well.  Today, as a senior executive at a large health system, she sees how easy it is to become disconnected.  Her direct clinical experience has always kept “why we do what we do” front and center.  Her job today requires transforming a large health system to make it easy for the patient –something that is much easier said than done!  Tesha is excited about her organization’s different approach to innovation, where the senior executives responsible are also operators who implement the ideas.  This breaks down barriers and increases adoption speed.
 
As Tesha has moved up in her career, she is quick to share some things she has learned – like running her own race and not having to take on everyone else’s priority as her own. 
 
Tesha has been a WBL member since 2014 and from the beginning she has considered this an investment in herself.  Being a lifelong learner is self-care and for Tesha, WBL is an important part of that.