Wednesday Feature: Lonely at the Top

Last week, in a message from LeadingAge President, Katie Smith Sloan, she wrote about the epidemic of loneliness. Her words reflected on how leaders are prone to loneliness and how the same concept or concepts were addressed by Arthur C. Brooks in his book, “Strength to Strength”. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy back in May, alerted … Read more

Blast from the Past: Healthcare Leadership…

Golf outing today for Children’s Hospital of WI so a bit of recycling…I wrote this a number of years ago (April 2016) and it was very popular and resonates well today. Enjoy!  The original post is here: https://wp.me/ptUlY-kf The bulk of my work centers around gathering data, analyzing trends and working with the leadership of … Read more

Friday Feature: Occam’s Razor and Management

When I have coached/mentored executives and senior management, I am always initially surprised by how much these folk want to complicate things. Healthcare is notorious for bureaucracy and to a large extent, folks that have worked only in healthcare have been socialized that complex regulations and rules and then, organizational systems for compliance wrapped with … Read more

Friday Feature: 5 Important Leadership Principles

Every successful organization shares a common trait – good or great leadership. I’ve written numerous articles on this topic and how the same is connected to employee retention, market share increase, brand dominance, and organizational wealth (balance sheet and cash flow). Fundamentally, organizations flourish under good leaders and flounder when leadership is poor or not … Read more

Health Care Leadership: Why its Hard, Why Many Fail and What it Takes to Succeed

The bulk of my work centers around gathering data, analyzing trends and working with the leadership of various organizations to implement strategy or more centered, strategies.  The process is iterative, interactive and always fascinating.  Throughout my career, I’ve worked within (virtually) every health care industry segment and seniors housing segment. I also counsel and have … Read more