Finding Your Voice to Lead

Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:53 AM EDT

Finding your voice is an important leadership challenge. It is also a rewarding journey.

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business, leadership, healthcare-reform

Draconian Medicare Cuts, Fairness, The State Fair of Texas and Fried Butter

Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:45 PM EDT

Our new economy – the so-called "new normal" with fewer people working, consumers saying they have permanently changed spending and saving habits, and no stock market "bubble" in sight – will dramatically change the way leaders lead and businesses operate.

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business, healthcare-reform, state-fair-of-texas, hospital-ceos

Those Annoying Telemarketing Calls And The Truth About Healthcare Reform

Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:31 AM EDT

We are all showered with annoying telemarketing phone calls, pop-up advertisements, and email spam.

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medicare, politics, healthcare-reform

Hospital CEOs At Nexus Of Fight Over Federal Budget Deficits, Fiscal Survival

Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:52 AM EDT

America's hospital Chief Executive Officers are going to be asked to do something that will be exceedingly difficult and very unfair. This request is based on a national economic necessity. Some fiscal conservatives would argue that it is a national security imperative.

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business, national-debt, healthcare-reform, hospital-ceos, deficit-reduction

Onboarding For Physicians: An Overlooked Opportunity

Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:45 AM EDT

This post is the final installment in a series of columns on Onboarding, the process of acquiring, accommodating, assimilating, and accelerating new team members, whether they work within the organization or, in the case of physicians in private practice, are independent contrac …

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business, physicians, onboarding, hospital-ceos

Dysfunctional Recruiting, Clinic Management Adds To Healthcare Costs

Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:41 AM EDT

Dysfunctional Recruiting, Clinic Management Adds To Healthcare Costs A valued CEO colleague and friend recently shared an amazing story.

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PETER PRINCIPLE: Alive, Well At Age 40

Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:43 PM EDT

It is Sunday morning. After 5 PM on Friday, Sunday morning is my favorite day and favorite time of the week. It is a quiet period for reflection and regeneration – of ideas, values, and beliefs.

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business, leadership, ceos, peter-principle