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The Empowered Physician Leader
Today’s healthcare environment is shifting at an ever-increasing pace. The transition to community health focused care is both daunting and challenging for most organizations. Now, more than ever physician leadership can play a crucial and important role. Setup Your...
The Obstacle is the Path
“The obstacle is the path” is a Zen proverb that tells us that obstacles are the key to success. Sometimes the only way out is through. The key to overcoming adversity is at times simple perseverance. Winston Churchill said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”...
Mitigating Decision-making Errors Along a Transformation Journey
In Part A of this two-part article on decision-making errors, the main categories and types of decision and judgement errors were reviewed along with some associated logic fallacies. So What? Two practical questions emerge. First, what can we do to improve our...
Impostor Syndrome…Me??
Have you ever questioned your competency or skills in a situation or role? Impostor Syndrome is defined as “a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". While most...
The Cultural Leadership effect — it starts with you
The leadership team is responsible for strategy. It is a major portion of our many meeting agendas. We have all seen or created the list of items and our strategy focus may vary from how to enhance our service line growth, to retaining and recruiting more nurses, or...
Understanding that Other’s May Think Differently
Photo Credit: Jeff Widener, Associated Press Years ago, my sister taught a Sunday School class of 5-year old boys. At 11 p.m. one Saturday she suddenly remembered that she had a schedule conflict and needed me to teach her class. I got up early the next morning to...
Impacting Change Through Challenge
While talking with volunteers at the information desk, in walks the sweetest elderly couple. Both were in their mid to late 80s. The wife is using a cane with one hand and holding onto her husband for support with the other. An early August day, outside temperatures...
Decision Making Traps: Decider Beware
Leadership Transformation Series This is Part 4A in this Four-part Leadership Transformation Series (LTS); 4B will follow. Transformation in healthcare is personal: it requires the transformation of health system leaders. The LTS begins to speak to key differences in...
What Southwest Airlines can teach us about running our own organizations
In an industry where its competitors have frequently gotten into serious financial difficulty, Southwest Airlines has maintained profitability every year for the previous 45 years. This is an amazing accomplishment. We will explore some of the strategies that...
Five things every CEO needs to do
It is a truth. As CEOs, we are pulled in many directions. The incessant priorities, though seemingly always valuable, will consistently distract us from our most meaningful impact. How does a CEO maintain their focus and discipline on what is important when everything...
Dealing with Narcissism at Work?
Have you experienced any of these characteristics with a coworker or a boss? The need to be “right” all the time Quick to take credit for everything but be the first to assign blame on others Minimize people and their emotions Pit employees against each other Desire...
The Operating Model: Closing the Strategy-Execution Gap
Leadership Transformation Series The Operating Model: Closing the Strategy-Execution Gap This is Part 3 of a Four-Part Leadership Transformation Series (LTS). Read Part 1 and Part 2. Transformation in healthcare is personal: it requires the transformation of health...
The Power of Simplicity
My father taught us, “If you want to be happy, simplify, simplify, simplify.” He loved the quote from the movie, Amadeus, in which the Austrian emperor told Mozart that his music had “too many notes.” My father did not agree with the criticism of Mozart’s music, but...
Rural Health’s Specialty Lies in the Special Care
It was my first time back to a rural hospital. Though I had practically grown-up in rural health – both with frequent visits as a volunteer and as a support services employee – I had not been within the walls of a rural hospital in many years. And never had I been in...
What learning to fly taught me about handling adversity
""When everything seems to be going against you, remember the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it", Henry Ford. Ask any pilot if they remember the first time they flew the airplane alone. And you’ll get a resounding yes! The solo flight is a milestone in...
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