Want to move your organization farther, faster, and with more purpose? Appoint a Chief Transformation Officer.

Want to move your organization farther, faster, and with more purpose? Appoint a Chief Transformation Officer.

Dedicated to helping organizations coordinate and expedite their initiatives, the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) is the newcomer to executive teams in healthcare systems.  Though a little-heard-of position only a few years ago, the rise of mergers between health...
Building commitment: Creating a team that moves forward without hesitation

Building commitment: Creating a team that moves forward without hesitation

What makes a good organization great? A strong team working together with a clearly defined purpose. The cohesiveness and organizational might that builds strong teams often begins at the top, with leadership leading by example and focused on achieving objectives at...
Using Metrics and Best Practices to Inform Supply Chain Operational Assessments

Using Metrics and Best Practices to Inform Supply Chain Operational Assessments

Operational assessments unearth solutions to improve elements of supply chains. However, very few assessments include all elements and best practices with workable metrics on labor and inventory. It is common for a company to use an inventory turn goal of 10.5 for a...
Coronavirus could be the catalyst for rethinking the healthcare status-quo

Coronavirus could be the catalyst for rethinking the healthcare status-quo

The spread of COVID-19 has turned the U.S. healthcare industry upside down, and healthcare executives and professionals are having to relearn how to care for patients in the midst of a pandemic.  The loss of life and peace of mind are sobering.  I also believe that...
You May Be Ignoring Your Best COVID-19 Defense. Our “Leaders” Certainly Are!

You May Be Ignoring Your Best COVID-19 Defense. Our “Leaders” Certainly Are!

What did you do for your 35 trillion cells this week? They’re lucky. They don’t care much about Donald or Fox News or MSNBC or Dr. Fauci. They just keep busy doing their thing and looking for a little respect from us. Which we don’t dish out a lot....