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		<title>Engaging Type A&#8217;s and Type B&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#160; In the following clip,  McLeod describes how leaders can engage the Type A&#8217;s and the Type B&#8217;s]]></description>
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		<title>Explain Why It Is Important</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#160; Burnison writes, &#8220;The first challenge for any leader is to take charge.&#8221;  I am assuming you have done that. &#160; Burnison then makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing &#8220;A Wicked Problem&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the newest issue of ACO Insights, Dr. Robert Nesse, Chief Executive Officer, Mayo Clinic Health System, shares his c&#8221;autious optimism, as we work to design and then implement the new system of health care in America.&#8221; &#160; I believe that the healthcare industry is spending too much time trying to defend our past successes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Smart and Fast Leaders Leave Their Teams Behind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 because their history of not addressing tough issues with each other was a major reason this division ran itself into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teamwork on the Fly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor, describes how to manage intellectually diverse and geographically dispersed groups.]]></description>
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		<title>Focus On Opportunity, Not Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#160; Burnison discusses the critical leadership mentality and skill of focusing on and orienting your organization toward opportunity, not crisis.  This advice is particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supply chain execs talk trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Garrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 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 ritual between hospitals and doctors of 15 or 20 years ago, this time, it’ll stick. Second, hospitals and doctors – whether they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2012 Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success in the Nuance Why the distinction between assertive and aggressive is so important Great Expectations Contracting executives may expect distributors to provide the same level of service &#8211; at the same price &#8211; for their acute and non-acute facilities. Can distributors deliver? Front-line care Retail clinics settle in for the long run Quick Bytes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Four T Approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JHC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlocking your value analysis savings potential I’m often asked what is the secret to unlocking a healthcare organization’s value analysis savings potential? My simple answer always is to embrace the four“ Ts” (time, training, teams and technology) to supercharge your value analysis program. It has been my experience that if the four “Ts” are applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracting News May 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JHC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[May 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins Hospital will open $1.1B new facility Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD) will open the Sheikh Zayed Cardiovascular and Critical Care Tower and the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center. The $1.1 billion, 1.6 million-sq-ft facility includes 560 private patient rooms, 33 operating rooms and new adult and pediatric emergency departments. Patients will begin moving [...]]]></description>
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