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In Search of…Leaders

May 10, 2012 – 10:38 am

Wow what another interesting couple of weeks. Seems like once again everybody has lots to say about what the other guy is doing and not much about what they will do differently. I am not a huge fan of our current status quo. I recognize that if you gauge it purely by the stock market [...]

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Change Agents Required!

April 27, 2012 – 11:13 am

“When the pace of change outside an organization becomes greater than the pace of change inside the organization, the end is near.” John R. Walter, President, ATT Maybe it is just my perspective, but it seems to me this might be the crossroad we are approaching. When I read different things that are out there [...]

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What We Do

April 19, 2012 – 9:26 am

So I am sitting here at a beautiful site in South Carolina about 500 yards from the ocean. It is a good place and time for reflection. I am lucky that way; my chosen profession as a consultant allows me time for reflection on what I do and why I do it. I have also [...]

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The Pull of Social Gravity

April 6, 2012 – 5:24 pm

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the immensity of the sea. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery A colleague shared that quote with me earlier this week and I thought it brilliantly and succinctly summarized [...]

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Why Don’t We Get It?

April 3, 2012 – 11:24 am

I was having a conversation with a client of mine recently where he shared with me his experience in having a conversation with the human resources department of his organization. I want to be clear that this organization has 18,000 employees in three states; it is not a small company. The discussion was around some [...]

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The Great Debate

March 28, 2012 – 2:39 pm

Obamacare- the Great Debate Like a lot of other people I am watching the proceedings at the Supreme Court with a lot of interest. Unlike many others I am concerned that if the Court simply elects to throw out the law I am concerned about plan B. I have been involved with health care in [...]

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The Leadership Journey

March 26, 2012 – 7:38 am

I often find myself thinking that there is a real benefit in not being a genius. As I alluded to in my last blog post I thought the research that was shared about the cost of compliance, it is interesting how much pressure being seen as being a genius or expert can put on you. [...]

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The High Cost of Compliance

March 19, 2012 – 12:58 pm

Almost anybody that knows me or has had to sit through one of my presentations or read any of my books, blogs, or other ramblings knows that I am not a big fan of compliance for the sake of compliance. I much prefer the atmosphere and environment created by engagement, the alignment created when people [...]

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Called To Serve

March 10, 2012 – 12:28 pm

Called to Serve Modeling and embodying the culture you want is perhaps the most important duty of a healthcare leader today. I read this comment from an editorial in the most recent edition of Healthcare Executive and immediately two reactions came to my mind- First, wow that is right on. Given the state of dysfunction [...]

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Meaningful Leadership

March 2, 2012 – 12:26 pm

Meaningful Leadership I have had a chance to do quite a bit of driving over the last week or so which I really enjoy. It gives me a chance to think a lot. I find that a reasonably open road and good music in the background is a great vehicle to really let things crystallize in [...]

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