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From Nurse to Chief Strategy Officer

Employee Stories

Art Gladstone

Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President

Location:
Hawaiʻi Pacific Health

Year Started at HPH:
1990

Portrait of Art Gladstone

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 Hawaiʻi Pacific Health. On his career path through various management positions, he was blessed with great mentors every step of the way.

Art Gladstone with two other men, smiling at the camera.
What helped you on your career path?

I’ve had various management positions, including the honor of being a 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 Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi Pacific Health?

At Hawaiʻi 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.

Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi 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.