Influencing Your Team: 10 Leadership Traits that Drive the Ability to Influence Teams

Influencing Your Team: 10 Leadership Traits that Drive the Ability to Influence Teams

All leaders will openly admit that they could not do their job without their team. However, as humans, I’d bet that most of them, in a moment of frustration, have thought “it would be easier if I just did it myself.” Why? Because influencing people is a gradual...
Lessons from Global Health Development: Relief vs Development

Lessons from Global Health Development: Relief vs Development

This is Part 2 of a three-part series Read Part 1. “Help! I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody. Help!” – The Beatles When a cry for help begs a response, how do we assure that productive help, not just good intention, actually happens? When faced with failure, what...
Developing leaders must navigate the hallway of hell

Developing leaders must navigate the hallway of hell

Enhancing our own leadership development along with the novice and advanced leaders on our teams is mission critical in healthcare today. The environment that we are challenged to be successful in is very harsh — increasing the cost of technology and pharmaceuticals,...
The healthcare leadership matrix, how to create a ‘win-win’ after the deal is done

The healthcare leadership matrix, how to create a ‘win-win’ after the deal is done

The healthcare environment continues to undergo rapid and profound change with mergers, acquisitions and new business models forever changing the landscape of how we lead and deliver healthcare for the next millennium. In my previous article, I discussed the concepts...
Franchise Ownership a Viable Option for Healthcare Industry Executives in Transition

Franchise Ownership a Viable Option for Healthcare Industry Executives in Transition

Healthcare executives are discovering numerous reasons to turn to franchise ownership. In growing numbers, they are becoming entrepreneurs, whether they are new to healthcare or grizzled industry veterans. Healthcare leaders are fulfilling important personal and...