In the latest issue of JHC, author and speaker Lisa Earle McLeod discusses why the distinction between assertive and aggressive is so important. Read her column HERE   In the following clip,  McLeod describes how leaders can engage the … [Read more...]

We are in a study and discussion of Gary Burnison’s recently published book titled, The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership.  Burnison is CEO of Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive search firm.   Burnison writes, "The … [Read more...]

In the newest issue of ACO Insights, Dr. Robert Nesse, Chief Executive Officer, Mayo Clinic Health System, shares his c"autious optimism, as we work to design and then implement the new system of health care in America."   I believe that the … [Read more...]

I recently ran a Moose-on-the-Table workshop for a major division of a large company going through the wrenching change of a wholesale restructuring and totally refocusing their business. Our session centered on fostering Courageous Conversations … [Read more...]

Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor, describes how to manage intellectually diverse and geographically dispersed groups. … [Read more...]

We are in a study and discussion of Gary Burnison’s recently published book titled, The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership.  Burnison is CEO of Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive search firm.   Burnison discusses the … [Read more...]

  Physician alignment  Supply chain executives who attended the recent Distributor Insights conference, sponsored by MDSI, publisher of the Journal of Healthcare Contracting, agreed on a couple of things: First, unlike the mating … [Read more...]

There’s a lot of mumbo jumbo being sold by “generational experts” that today’s young workers are very different from previous generations and need to be managed differently. Clearly there are differences between groups of people who grew up … [Read more...]

We are in a study and discussion of Gary Burnison’s recently published book titled, The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership.  Burnison is CEO of Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive search firm.   Burnison addresses a … [Read more...]

Value analysis has a 35-year history of saving money in healthcare, but it has gained even more importance, credibility and momentum now that The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been signed into law.  This is because saving money (and … [Read more...]