Description

How can you leverage and build on the six conditions (a real team, a compelling purpose, the right people, an enabling structure, a supportive organizational context, and expert coaching) in the Team Effectiveness Conditions Framework to support your team as a collaborative leader?  The six team conditions of the Team Effectiveness Conditions Framework focuses on aspects of your team that are modifiable predictors associated with team effectiveness; in this session we will build on this framework by focusing on ways to support yourself and your team at any stage of development.  

This is the fourth session of the 2025–2026 Team Science Seminar Series. This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Scroll down to register!

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

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About the Speakers

Erin Abu-Rish Blakeney, PhD, RN, is a co-lead of the ITHS Team Science Module and Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics at the UW School of Nursing. Dr. Blakeney’s program of research focuses on how teams work together and how their teamwork influences the production of new knowledge and translation of research into practice along the entire classroom to bench to bedside spectrum. She has nearly 15 years of experience developing, implementing, and evaluating team approaches to interdisciplinary education, healthcare, and research.

Jennifer Sprecher is Director of Strategy Development and Deployment with the School of Nursing. Ms. Sprecher works with organizations to achieve excellence through Strategy development, Lean Project Management, balanced scorecards, change management, benchmarking, team problem solving, team and leadership coaching.

Ms. Sprecher is a strong team facilitator, called upon to facilitate high-level teams where interaction and reaching objectives are critical. Sample facilitations include strategic planning, building collaborations, designing and developing new services, products and processes, implementing process improvements, implementing research studies and creating new research centers. She has worked extensively in the past few years within the arena of team science and applying team concepts to innovative development and research teams.

Before the UW School of Nursing, Ms. Sprecher focused exclusively on health research in the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, also within the University of WA. Prior to the UW, she spent 7 years as Executive Director of the Washington State Quality Award (WSQA), a Baldrige-based non-profit organization. With a background in Industrial Engineering, Ms. Sprecher has been working with process improvement for over 25 years using continuous process improvement methods including Lean, Lean-Sigma, Plan Do Check Act and 6S (5S workplace organization combined with Safety) and Total Quality Management.

Ms. Sprecher has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master’s of Science in Management Systems, is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and an International Coaching Federation ACC certified Leadership Coach.

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Description

Visiting Scholar Vanessa Kennedy, MD, examines real-world treatment patterns among older adults diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) during the era of targeted therapies, with a particular focus on the use of allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Her project explores how emerging treatments have influenced clinical decision-making, transplantation rates, and overall care strategies in this patient population.

This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.

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About the Speaker

Vanessa Kennedy, MD, is a board-certified hematologist and medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of myeloid malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Kennedy’s research focuses on the use of clinical informatic sand population sciences to understand patterns of care and improve patient outcomes. She is also actively involved in interventional clinical trials. Her work has been supported by grant funding from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation.

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Are you interested in learning more about CRISP, the Clinical Research Intensive Summer Program? Join course organizer Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH, for an information session and get all of your questions answered. This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.

Join Zoom Session (https://washington.zoom.us/j/2724054765)
Meeting ID: 272 405 4765

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Description

Learn the specifics of team coaching for What, Who, When and Which functions and 3 potential focus areas. Determine which type of coaching is most effective for team performance and when a team may be most ready for a coaching intervention.

This is the fifth session of the 2025–2026 Team Science Seminar Series. This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity. Scroll down to register!

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss Leadership in relation to the 6 conditions framework
2. Identify 2 forms of servant leadership that support and build their team
3. Utilize 2 additional practices to support their personal well-being

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About the Speaker

Jennifer Sprecher is Director of Strategy Development and Deployment with the UW School of Nursing. Ms. Sprecher works with organizations to achieve excellence through Strategy development, Lean Project Management, balanced scorecards, change management, benchmarking, team problem solving, team and leadership coaching.

Ms. Sprecher is a strong team facilitator, called upon to facilitate high-level teams where interaction and reaching objectives are critical. Sample facilitations include strategic planning, building collaborations, designing and developing new services, products and processes, implementing process improvements, implementing research studies and creating new research centers. She has worked extensively in the past few years within the arena of team science and applying team concepts to innovative development and research teams.

Before the UW School of Nursing, Ms. Sprecher focused exclusively on health research in the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, also within the University of WA. Prior to the UW, she spent 7 years as Executive Director of the Washington State Quality Award (WSQA), a Baldrige-based non-profit organization. With a background in Industrial Engineering, Ms. Sprecher has been working with process improvement for over 25 years using continuous process improvement methods including Lean, Lean-Sigma, Plan Do Check Act and 6S (5S workplace organization combined with Safety) and Total Quality Management.

Ms. Sprecher has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, a Master’s of Science in Management Systems, is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and an International Coaching Federation ACC certified Leadership Coach.

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Are you interested in learning more about CRISP, the Clinical Research Intensive Summer Program? Join course organizer Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH, for an information session and get all of your questions answered. This opportunity is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.

Join Zoom Session (https://washington.zoom.us/j/2724054765)
Meeting ID: 272 405 4765

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