From Nurse to Chief Strategy Officer

Portrait of Art Gladstone

Portrait of Art Gladstone

Art Gladstone

Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President

Location: Hawaii Pacific Health
Year Started at HPH: 1990

 

Q&A with Art Gladstone, Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President

A former nurse at Pali Momi Medical Center, Art Gladstone now serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Hawaii Pacific Health. On his career path through various management positions, he was blessed with great mentors every step of the way.

What helped you on your career path?

I’ve had various management positions, including the honor of being nurse at Pali Momi Medical Center.

Throughout my career, I’ve had great mentors every step of the way who encouraged me, taught me a lot, helped me hone my skills, and trusted me with more and more responsibility.

What makes a great leader at Hawaii Pacific Health?

Our managers understand the passion that front-line employees bring to their job. And they work to create an environment that supports those employees to provide the best care for our patients, families, and community.

Who should work at Hawaii Pacific Health?

At Hawaii Pacific Health, we want people to be able to do their very best every day.

We recognize that to provide great care, we must have employees who bring great passion and skill sets.

Hawaii Pacific Health’s culture is focused on patient care, putting patients first, and improving the community’s health. We believe our future leaders will come from our employees because they understand and share this passion.

What does Hawaii Pacific Health do to support its employees?

Employees are our most valued asset. One thing we do is to ask our employees to give us feedback about their work environment so we can improve it, which ultimately results in better care.