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Ascend Leadership Programs

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Clinical Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Rehabilitation Officer

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Operational leadership

Chief Executive Officer

CEO-in-Training

The CEO Path program empowers entrepreneurial leaders to build their own business, lead boldly, serve passionately, and create lasting impact.

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This isn’t just about promotion, it’s about possibility. The CEO Path is designed to grow future operational leaders who may one day own and operate their own business.

You’ll be coached by experienced CEOs and field leaders who have walked this path. Their support, accountability, and insight will fast-track your development as a leader.

Bring your experience and we’ll teach you the rest.

Driving Clinical Excellence

Chief Clinical Officer

Path to CCO

The COLT program equips Pennant in-home care clinicians with the leadership skills to take on greater roles, deliver life-changing service, and improve outcomes. It also serves as the first step on Pennant’s broader leadership pathway, leading to the CCO track for clinical leaders.

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Lead clinical excellence. Own your impact. Our peer-driven model offers clinical leaders unparalleled freedom within a framework, growth to CCO, and equity in shaping community care.

Take your leadership to the next level. Our program emphasizes accelerated career advancement, advanced skill development, and expanded impact and influence.

A framework that empowers, giving leaders the clarity, responsibility, and support to make impactful decisions. Supported by structure, grounded in accountability, and driven by ownership.

Building Strategic Growth

Chief Marketing Officer

Path to CMO

The CMO path empowers leaders to drive strategic growth and build partnerships that strengthen the communities they serve.

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Develop the skills and mindset of a strong leader, expanding your influence across your community, cluster, and market while building high-performing teams.

Learn to design and execute data-driven marketing and sales plans tied directly to census growth, revenue, and long-term results.

Earn recognition and the opportunity to step into true ownership as you advance toward the role of Chief Marketing Officer.

DRIVING REHABILITATION EXCELLENCE

Chief Rehabilitation Officer

Path to CRO

The CRO path empowers rehabilitation leaders to elevate clinical outcomes, develop exceptional teams, and shape the future of patient care.
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Drive exceptional therapy, functional, and patient outcomes.
Develop therapists, build strong teams, and create future leaders.
Take ownership of outcomes and create lasting impact.
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Build Your Own Business?   Become An Owner?  Break Free From Corporate Bureaucracy?  Grow A Legacy?  Create Life-Changing Opportunities?  Provide Life-Changing Service?  Set The Standard In Your Community? 
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Benefits

Own Your Growth

Level 5 Leadership

Personal and Professional Growth

Mentorship

Hands-On Learning

Life-Changing Care

Impact on Community

Local Leadership

Building and Growing a Profitable Business

Leadership Redefined

What Makes Ascend the
Best Path to Healthcare Leadership

Locally Led and Operated

Our belief in local leadership drives everything. No corporate cookie-cutter solutions, just real responsibility and ownership.

Ownership Opportunities

Own your impact and reap the rewards. High performance opens the door to profit sharing and equity potential in your own operation.

Multiple Leadership Pathways

Whether clinical, operational, or senior living, Pennant supports your unique strengths and passions. There’s no one-size-fits-all route.

Ownership-Driven,
Not Corporate-Driven

At Pennant, you don’t follow a vision, you shape your own. Ascend empowers you to lead and grow.

Peer Accountability Model

We believe in leading side-by-side, not top-down. Through tight-knit clusters, you’ll grow through mentorship, collaboration, and challenge.

Earn as You Learn

Why wait to start your future? Step into a paid leadership development program where you’re empowered to grow, lead, and prepare to own your impact.

Career Acceleration

Launch into a life-changing leadership journey with the tools, support, and opportunity to run your own Pennant-affiliated operation.

Testimonials

Leadership in Action

Every journey through Pennant’s Ascend Leadership Program is unique, but they all share a common thread: transformational leadership. Hear directly from those who’ve embraced the challenge, grown through hands-on experience, and are now making a meaningful impact in the communities they serve. Their stories offer a glimpse into what’s possible when leadership meets ownership.

CEO

“Here, you chart your own course, with the support to make it happen.”

Chris Boettcher

CEO

"Great leaders are defined by the leaders they help grow. That’s the true reward.”

Travis Jones

CEO

“Leading as an Executive Director means empowering others to thrive through shared purpose.”

Carolyn Netzel

CEO

“Pennant empowers us as local leaders to make a real impact in our communities.”

Russel Sylvester

Building Leaders at Pennant

At Pennant, we believe in empowering people to grow into leaders. Our Resource to Owner (R2O) program gives Service Center team members the opportunity to develop the skills, mindset, and experience needed to take on greater leadership and ownership roles within our organization.

Graduates of the R2O program develop expertise in areas such as:

Leadership and Accountability

Strategic Thinking

Creative Problem-Solving Under Pressure

Effective Collaboration Across Teams

Excellence-Driven Mindset and Standards

Career Growth and Advancement Opportunities

Lead Boldly
Built for Leaders Who Lead Differently

Ascend is for builders, not bystanders. For those ready to lead and own what they create.

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Level 5 Leadership

Learn to lead with humility, fierce resolve, and long-term vision. This program doesn’t just prepare you to manage, it molds you into a values-driven leader who can build strong teams, make tough decisions, and stay grounded, no matter how high you rise.

Personal and Professional Growth

This journey is as much about who you become as what you achieve. Through guided reflection, feedback, and development tools, you’ll gain insight into your strengths, sharpen emotional intelligence, and grow as a person, both at work and in life.

Mentorship

You’ll be surrounded by leaders who’ve done what you’re setting out to do and are invested in helping you do it better. With hands-on mentorship, honest feedback, and real-world support, you’ll grow faster, with fewer detours and more confidence along the way.

Hands-On Learning

This is learning by doing, not by watching. You’ll step into real leadership roles within real businesses, making decisions, solving problems, and building skills that matter. By the end, you won’t just know what great leadership looks like, you’ll have lived it.

Life-Changing Care

Everything we do is rooted in a single mission: to provide life-changing service. Whether you’re supporting patients, families, or your own team, you’ll help create moments that truly matter. That’s not just work, it’s purpose.

Impact on Community

Great leadership leaves a local legacy. You’ll be empowered to shape the culture, quality, and reputation of care in your own community, creating better outcomes for patients, families, and employees alike.

Local Leadership

At Pennant, leadership isn’t top-down, it’s local. You’ll have the autonomy to make decisions, lead your team, and grow your business, all while staying connected to a supportive network of peers and experts who have your back.

Building and Growing a Profitable Business

This program prepares you not only to lead, but to build. Learn how to grow census, manage margins, and drive sustainable profitability, while staying true to your mission. It’s about balancing heart and hustle, purpose and performance.

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