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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Name: Lynne Sexten
Company: Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care
Industry: Healthcare
Employees: 610
Family: 3 Beautiful Children
TEC 15 member since 2015
Give TEC a brief history/overview of your company: Agrace is the largest non-profit hospice in Wisconsin. We are located in Madison, and have additional sites in Janesville, Baraboo, and Rockford, IL. Hospice care is available for those with a terminal illness whose life expectancy is 6 months or less. Agrace provides support for a patients emotional, social, and spiritual needs and enables them to be comfortable and free of pain. The focus of hospice is on quality of life, not curative treatments. Palliative care focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness. It is provided at any stage in a serious illness and often accompanies curative treatment.
On any given day, Agrace is caring for more than 720 hospice patients and 50 palliative care patients. Most all of the patients served by Agrace are cared for in their own homes.
What one piece of leadership advice would you offer to others. Be sure to really listen to the people who work for you. You’re the boss. No matter what, your ideas and opinions are going to ‘get on the table.’ Be sure to sit back and listen long enough to let your teams’ ideas get verbalized. Members of your team may be a bit skittish to voice contrary opinions once you’ve shared your perspective.
What are your interests outside of work. I do some volunteer work and enjoy working in the yard. However, I find much of my free time absorbed with transporting my children hither and yond.
How did you learn about TEC. A relatively new TEC chair was forming a new group in Madison, WI. He reached out to me.
What has TEC done for you personally and/or professionally. I have enjoyed getting to know the leaders of other important organizations in our community. Getting the perspective of leaders in different industries and different sized companies has been very interesting.
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