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It that time of year when the heart shape Valentines begin popping up in advertisements, stores, social media and in many other places. It is also a season that there is a special fondness to an awesome 4 letter word. Not a bad word, but a positive word that in our world seems to […]
Solo Leadership Builds Silos Solo leadership is another way to describe strong traditional or highly hierarchical leadership. Too often this style of leadership is still found in organizations today. It is a leadership style in which all major decision or approvals within the work environments are driven from a leader in the organization, and in many […]
I have spent half of my healthcare career in personal research and experimentation on how organizations can create, sustain, and continually improve to make their excellence tomorrow, greater than their excellence today. A system of excellence that sets colleagues, leaders, and management up for success so they can successfully meet all the many competing […]
Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places Do you feel sometimes in your health care environment that it’s hard to find the love? Of course, I’m not talking about relationships between individuals, but I am talking about a healthy, caring, and yes loving work environment for colleagues. If an organization is experiencing high […]
Beware Culture Undercurrents Have you ever heard the term undercurrents? You may remember going to the beach and Coast Guard warnings signs to swimmers that the undercurrent being strong in the ocean? We know that the undercurrents or undertow refers to a rip current that can sweep a swimmer further out into the ocean […]
Are You an Emotional Blackmailer? When I asked a person if they have been engaged Emotional Blackmail (EB), or fallen victim to emotional blackmail, many times I get a very strange look. What I have come to understand is that many people do not understand the meaning of emotional blackmail. The first book I […]
Healthcare organizations routinely practice mock or simulated disasters drills to be ready to respond in the most optimal means when a disaster occurs. Natural or man-made disasters may involve many traumatized victims or casualties as seen in hurricanes, train wrecks or like what was seen in the 9-11 terror attack on the World Trade […]
I heard a saying that if you set yourself on fire, then people will come watch you burn. Does not sound like any fun at all from a physical standpoint. Make the World Take Notice This is not meant in the literal sense, but is a statement that if you do something innovative or […]
When the Answer is right under your Nose? How many times have you lost an important piece of paper, or your car keys, and find them in a drawer that you already shuffled through 3 times before you noticed them there? Or you contemplate a solution for a work problem, or a leadership issue, […]
A Doomed Health System In 2009, I was asked to step in as an Interim CEO of a large community health system by the governing board; there was a very real possibility that the organization was beyond hope of resuscitation. The vast operational failure meant the likely demise of this long-standing community health center […]