Nicole (Nicci) Bengtson
Huron
Excellence in Leadership
Nicole Bengtson serves on Huron's healthcare leadership team and has 20 years of experience leading complex health systems, academic medical centers and community hospitals through strategic and operational transformations. Nicole has become a trusted advisor to senior executives within hospitals and health systems and provides executive oversight on all of Huron's clinical-focused engagements. She currently leads and sets the strategic direction for Huron's care transformation team which helps healthcare clients transform all aspects of care delivery to enhance the patient experience and improve outcomes.
Prior to leading the care transformation team, Nicole founded and led Huron's healthcare portfolio strategy and management team where she actively identified and developed new collaborative solutions to bring to market to address our clients' most pressing challenges. In this role, she expanded Huron's capabilities into new aspects of the healthcare continuum to deliver extensive value to clients and drive strategic growth in new areas, including care transformation, consumerism and social determinants of health.
Outside her client work, Nicole has joined the Becker's Healthcare Consumer Panel and the Becker's Podcast on Care Transformation: Innovative and Integrated Care Models. She also serves on Huron's employee resource group that supports parents in the workplace.
What do you consider your greatest personal or professional achievement?
"I consider my greatest achievement to be attaining success in both my personal and professional life. Consulting can be a difficult lifestyle, but I have succeeded in adjusting my career to meet the needs of my family and vice versa. I have learned how to prioritize my time and set boundaries that have allowed me to make the biggest impact at work while having a positive impact on my kids' lives and being present."
What advice would you give to a female consultant just beginning her career?
"Become your own person, discover your passion and never be too good to do the smallest of jobs."
What excites you most about your consulting career?
"I am blessed to work for a consulting company that puts its clients and people first. I have been supported in developing new teams and expanding investments to create new solutions and services in the market. I am deeply passionate about creating care delivery models designed to support the whole person. My consulting career allows me to build these solutions and collaborate with clients to drive real change for patients across the country. I continue to find purpose in my daily work and learn and grow. I can't wait to see what the future holds."
What's the best advice—personal or professional—you've ever received?
"Always be running toward something; never be running away. As you grow in your career, you will try out different roles and career paths that provide an opportunity to deepen your own skillset and leadership style along the way. You will learn from both good and bad leaders. As you make changes in your career, always run towards leaders and roles that you can learn from, roles you are passionate about and opportunities that will allow you to expand your thinking and learn new things.'
What does being honored as a Woman Leader in Consulting mean to you?
"I am fortunate and humbled to be honored as a woman leader in consulting. Twenty years ago, when I started my career in consulting as an analyst, I never dreamed I would be receiving an award like this. I am deeply grateful to my family, Huron, inspirational leaders who have gone before me and my amazing team. Without these individuals, I know I would not be where I am today."
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