IDEAL for Healthcare: Year-End Roundtable
From Good Intentions to Real Impact: Year-End Roundtable on Intentional Inclusive Leadership in 2026
IDEAL has always been known for keeping it real bringing truth, transparency, and lived experience into the conversations that healthcare often avoids.
As we close out the year, we’re creating space for an honest discussion about where leadership equity stands today, where it’s still falling short, and what it’s going to take to create real, lasting change.
This 90-minute roundtable - moderated by IDEAL Founder, Kristen Duell - brings together healthcare leaders with diverse experiences and perspectives to unpack the difference between talking about inclusion and building it. Together, we’ll challenge outdated norms, reflect on missed opportunities, and identify practical steps every organization can take to start 2026 with intention and accountability.
Featured Panelists
Emily Isbell — Founder & Owner, 24/7 Solutions
Amber Monroe — SVP, Customer Experience Paradigm & IDEAL Board Member
Cris Toscano — Practice President, Skilled Nursing, BAYADA Home Health Care
Kendra Oliver — Senior Vice President, LakeView Health Group
This isn’t another conversation full of high-level ideas or safe talking points. It’s a real dialogue, led by those who live and lead it every day.
Featured Discussion Themes
Real Talk About Leadership:
Hard truths leaders had to learn, what they wish they knew sooner, and the daily decisions that reflect true inclusion.Systems vs. Symbols:
How performative inclusion shows up, and how to dismantle the structures that quietly uphold inequity.Courage & Accountability:
How leaders speak up, recover from missteps, and balance truth with diplomacy in environments resistant to change.Power Dynamics & Representation:
Why inclusion isn’t a numbers game, it’s a power game. And what it takes to share power meaningfully.The “Next Normal” for 2026:
What real progress would look like next year, and the early-year actions every leader should prioritize.
What You’ll Gain
Real Perspective: Unfiltered insight from healthcare leaders confronting inequity in leadership structures.
Practical Tools: Tangible strategies to build more inclusive leadership pipelines and promote representation at every level.
Accountability Frameworks: Learn how to move beyond performative statements and into measurable, culture-shifting action.
Collective Vision: Walk away inspired and equipped to lead differently with intention, empathy, and authenticity in 2026.
See you there!