🎙️ From Softball Pitcher to Healthcare CFO: Denise Dettingmeijer's Leadership Journey

In this inspiring episode, Denise Dettingmeijer, Chief Financial Officer of Medical Solutions, shares her remarkable journey from Division I softball pitcher to finance executive leading one of healthcare's most impactful workforce partners. Through candid stories of career pivots, injury-driven resilience, and authentic leadership philosophy, Denise reveals how her athletic background shaped her approach to building teams, embracing vulnerability, and championing women in leadership while helping solve critical healthcare staffing shortages that save lives every day.

✨ Key Insights You'll Learn:

• How athletic leadership translates directly into business team dynamics and success

• The evolution from traditional CFO bookkeeping to strategic growth leadership

• Building authentic company culture through radical transparency in hiring

• Why "telling the truth" is the most effective recruitment and retention strategy

• Transforming personal setbacks into career-defining pivot points and opportunities

• The critical role of healthcare workforce solutions in patient care outcomes

• Navigating work-life blend challenges as a senior executive and mother

• Creating global operational efficiency through strategic remote workforce deployment

• How injury and identity loss can become catalysts for unexpected career growth

🌟 Denise's Key Mentors:

• Her Brazilian CEO at Alcoa: Challenged her to embrace the responsibility of being a role model for other women

• Athletic Coaches: Taught her team dynamics, resilience, and the power of collective achievement over individual success

• Her Husband: Provided the partnership foundation that enables dual-career success and family balance

• Softball Teammates: Revealed that her perceived weaknesses (rise ball) were actually her greatest strengths

• Her Daughter: Inspired her mission to ensure the next generation of women faces fewer barriers

👉 Don't miss this powerful conversation about authentic leadership, the intersection of sports and business excellence, and how personal vulnerability can fuel both professional success and meaningful social impact in healthcare.

🔗 Connect with Denise Dettingmeijer:

• LinkedIn: Denise Dettingmeijer, CFO at Medical Solutions

• Company Website: medicalsolutions.com

📄 Transcript Available: How Does Authentic Transparency Drive Growth? Denise Dettingmeijer's Approach to Healthcare Workforce Solutions

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