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Thinking Out Loud – BlackBerry and Affordable Care Act
What do BlackBerry and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have in common? Within the next seven years they will both be irrelevant, an asterisk in the history of business. For BlackBerry it will probably...
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Danger by the Bed
Many parents will identify with this story: You are sound sleep, your back turned to the edge of the bed. Suddenly you are awakened with a sense of dread that something really bad is standing beside...
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We Live In Interesting Times
Two days to the first presidential debate, 36 days to Nov. 6, 92 days to the fiscal cliff… In a speech in South Africa in 1966, Robert Kennedy said: “There is a Chinese curse which says ‘May he live in...
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Courage: Critical Leadership Characteristic
Our new year is bringing ample challenges to the healthcare industry, from strategies to deal with the Affordable Care Act, to the realities that deficit reduction will require additional cuts in...
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What Do For Profits Know?
I just read another in a rash of articles praising the investor-owned hospital industry, suggesting that they are better positioned to deal with the new normal healthcare economy that is defined by the...
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The Quiet before the Storm: A Time for Tough Questions
In the relative quiet before the storm, healthcare executives at all levels should take time to rethink their career management strategies. A long-time friend, a health system CEO who has built an...
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When Times Are Good…
When times are good, it is easier to lead. When times are tough, good leaders are the ones who build and retain the strongest teams. Earlier Sunday, as I sat in the lobby of the Chicago Hilton where...
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Abandoned But Still Relevant
I just had a senior moment. Not the kind associated with old age with an ever so slight hint at forgetfulness or, worse, the earliest stages of dementia, but a real honest to goodness meet up with the...
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The Big Three: Confidence, Courage & Experience
In the realm of leadership, executives must successfully manage their departments, their divisions or their companies. At the same time they must apply these same leadership principles to their own...
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The Touchy Subject of Succession Planning
One of the toughest decisions a long serving CEO has to make is when to leave the organization – to retire or take on another career challenge. “Go out on top” is the ideal goal but more than a few...
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Fastball to the Strike Zone
The question is not if, but when and how many. Layoffs. They are inevitable in the new healthcare economy that will be defined over the next five to seven years by the impact of the Affordable Care...
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HAI’s Brightwell Was Dead Bang Right
We will find out fairly quickly who the best of the best is at running hospitals. The Affordable Care Act and the inevitable deficit reduction will weed out the top performers from the soon-to-be...
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Three Tiers of Healthcare: Have’s, Tight Budgets and the Have Not’s
If only there was more transparency in healthcare, the arguments goes, we could take a big step to reducing costs. OK, let’s have a show of hands. How many people actually believe that? Transparency...
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The Train Is On the Tracks
If you are a senior leader in healthcare, I have two pieces of advice for you, do not get too comfortable with the status quo, and do not overreact by preaching daily or weekly “the sky is falling”...
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Beating Up, Chewing Up Employees Not the Answer
At a time of industry wide disruption and stress, senior leaders have a responsibility to step up their game, from the results “they” produce to the way they interact with employees. This is one of...
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The Quiet before the Storm: A Time for Tough Questions
In the relative quiet before the storm, healthcare executives at all levels should take time to rethink their career management strategies. A long-time friend, a health system CEO who has built an...
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When Times Are Good…
When times are good, it is easier to lead. When times are tough, good leaders are the ones who build and retain the strongest teams. Earlier Sunday, as I sat in the lobby of the Chicago Hilton where...
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Abandoned But Still Relevant
I just had a senior moment. Not the kind associated with old age with an ever so slight hint at forgetfulness or, worse, the earliest stages of dementia, but a real honest to goodness meet up with the...
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The Big Three: Confidence, Courage & Experience
In the realm of leadership, executives must successfully manage their departments, their divisions or their companies. At the same time they must apply these same leadership principles to their own...
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The Touchy Subject of Succession Planning
One of the toughest decisions a long serving CEO has to make is when to leave the organization – to retire or take on another career challenge. “Go out on top” is the ideal goal but more than a few...
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