Employee Retention for Health and Life Sciences Leaders
Location: Online | Length: 5 Weeks | Start Date: September 8, 2025
High turnover and burnout are pressing challenges in health and life sciences. This short course focuses on practical strategies you can start using right away to keep your team engaged and motivated.
Program Details
- Length: 5 weeks
- Hours Per Week: 2-4
- Program Dates
- Start Date: September 8, 2025
- Registration Closes: September 26, 2025
- Live Sessions: September 29, October 6: 12-1pm
- Cost: $1160 (alumni and corporate discounts available)
Program Roadmap
- Participate in two synchronous working sessions and a live networking event, gaining valuable insights and meaningful connections.
- Engage with your peers and instructors during live sessions, adding a human touch to the online experience.
- Develop a personalized retention plan to apply immediately in your workplace, with a check-in 90 days after the program to support your progress.
Topics Covered
- Key drivers of employee engagement, retention, and turnover—including industry-specific challenges.
- Business cases for improving retention in healthcare and life sciences, including an exclusive look inside a leading biotech company known for its people-first culture.
- Techniques to assess retention risks and gather insights through interviews.
- Tailored strategies and personalized retention plan using case studies and real-world examples.
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Supervisors, managers, and emerging leaders in healthcare and life sciences will benefit from this short course. We welcome participants from clinics, hospitals, biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies who lead teams or want to strengthen their skills in engagement and retention.
- Printable certificate of completion
- Digital badge to add to your Linkedin profile
Watch the recording from our one-hour mini workshop. This session offered participants a sneak peek into course content and real-world applications, along with a live Q&A with expert faculty.
Dr. Jeffrey C. Ball brings over 25 years of leadership experience in healthcare administration, workforce development, and organizational strategy to MCPHS.
He held senior roles in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Public Health Service, where he led medical operations, improved health systems, and built high-performing teams—consistently advancing retention, satisfaction, and performance.
Dr. Ball draws on his firsthand experience managing interdisciplinary teams and designing staff development programs to equip students with practical tools for leading people and driving change.
He emphasizes aligning workforce strategy with mission-driven leadership and highlights how strong HR practices impact patient care, operations, and team success.
Erin Beloin, MBA, CNMT, RT(CT), Director of Program Management, School of Professional Studies, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Erin Beloin is an experienced educator and healthcare professional with expertise in medical imaging, healthcare administration, and leadership development. With over a decade of experience in healthcare and higher education, Beloin has held roles ranging from program director at Regis College, where she spearheaded curriculum design for imaging post-licensure programs to clinical manager at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she managed the Lee Bell Center for Breast Imaging.
At MCPHS, Beloin teaches and designs coursework that bridges academic rigor with real-world application, focusing on the unique challenges of the life sciences and healthcare industries.
Participants may cancel their registration for a full refund up until 11:59 p.m. ET on the start date of their program. Cancel directly through the registration portal by selecting “Withdraw from Course.”
“My director knew I was still new to the role and open to learning. She encouraged me to take the MCPHS employee retention course, and I’m really glad I did. It gave me a whole new framework to think about how to support my team—not just keep them.”
Michael Soden