Linda Matzigkeit, the Chief Administrative Officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country, managing more than one million patient visits annually joins Enterprise Radio.
Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Linda Matzigkeit discuss the following:
- As Chief Administration Officer, your work sits at the intersection of people and strategy. How do you align the workforce around Children’s mission while continuing to meet the evolving needs of patients and families?
- What does it take, day to day, to lead the people strategy at a large and complex organization like Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta?
- Children’s workforce includes thousands of people working across many roles, specialties and locations. How do you build a shared culture and help employees understand how their individual work contributes to the organization’s mission?
- Children’s recently introduced a new organizational strategy. How are you helping employees understand that strategy, see their role in it and translate it into their everyday work?
- In your two decades at Children’s, what are the biggest changes you’ve seen at the organization and where do you hope it goes in the future?
Linda Matzigkeit is Chief Administrative Officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She provides executive oversight, vision and support for the system’s strategic planning, human resources, legal, compliance, marketing and communications, prevention and child wellness, and employee and physician wellness areas.
Originally from central Illinois, Matzigkeit earned a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration and an MBA. She began her career in the healthcare industry nearly 35 years ago and joined Children’s in January 2003. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as unprecedented demand for skilled caregivers left teams exhausted, Matzigkeit felt an unshakeable calling to join the front line. She earned her EMT license in Spring 2022 and is now honored to work shifts as a tech in Children’s Emergency Departments.
In light of Matzigkeit’s many accomplishments, she has been named a Woman on the Move by Atlanta Magazine which acknowledges women who are making a difference through their leadership. She was also named a Groundbreaker by Atlanta Magazine for taking on the crisis of childhood obesity and received Business to Business Magazine’s Atlanta Business Leader Impact Award by for her significant impact in the community. Earlier in her career, she was honored as one of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40 promising leaders in Atlanta.
Matzigkeit’s zeal and impact orientation translate into a passion for athletics as well. She is a determined athlete, recently completing a full Ironman and six half-Ironman competitions. She has completed five marathons and more than 50 half marathons, and recently transitioned to buddy-running to help the physically disabled enjoy athletics as much as she does.
Website: https://www.choa.org
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