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Habits, to a very large extent, determine our success, or lack thereof! It is no exaggeration that, in virtually every area of your life and career, habits will either make you or break you! No one believes in the power and importance of habits more than Peter Legge, chairman and CEO of Canada Wide …
The wisest among us clearly understand that from a broad, long-term, successful life perspective, less is usually more. Mac Anderson, founder of Simple Truths and Successors, Inc., uses the excellent analogy of pruning a tree to support and explain this crucial concept. Anderson writes, “I compare it to pruning a tree. By removing the excess …
Bruce Lawrence, President & CEO of INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City, responded beautifully and succinctly to my question, “What advice would you offer to America’s current and future healthcare leaders?” INTEGRIS Health is Oklahoma’s largest, not-for-profit, state-owned healthcare system. Lawrence has enjoyed a long and highly successful career at several major hospitals and healthcare systems, …
Peter Fine, president and CEO of Banner Health, made the following statement during a live, one-on-one interview at the Banner Health headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona: “Be Visible. Visibility breeds credibility and credibility breeds trust, so if you want to be trusted, you better be visible.” I had asked Fine a question regarding becoming and remaining …
I recently conducted and filmed a live one-hour interview with Mary Ellen Doyle, Corporate Vice President for Nursing Operations at Scripps Health. Doyle is not only a highly successful veteran of senior healthcare leadership positions, she is passionate and totally committed to her work and mission. In response to one of my questions during …
An ongoing 75+ year Harvard study, known as the Harvard Happiness Study, conclusively demonstrates that “Good relationships keep us happier and healthier, period.” According to a recent article titled “Happiness Study: What Makes Us Happy & Healthy?” (which cites the Harvard study), it is not money, power, position, title or other such things that …
It was my honor to keynote a recent Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) meeting in Wilmington, Delaware. The executives and professionals who attended this meeting are smart, driven, mission-focused people who are working to improve healthcare and the healthcare system throughout the United States. I salute their work and their results! The focus …
It was my honor to conduct a face-to-face interview with Michael Dowling, president & CEO of Northwell Health (formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System), in his office in downtown Manhattan. Michael Dowling is an amazingly effective leader in so many different ways. He is also a very engaging conversationalist with an extremely interesting and diverse background. I asked Dowling for a piece of advice he would share…
...There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. –Denis Waitley
...My friend Mark Dixon, president & CEO of The Mark Dixon Group, LLC, shared with me an excellent leadership suggestion and perspective. Mark is a former hospital CEO and has led a very successful leadership career in hospital, health system, and healthcare consulting. To put it succinctly, when Mark Dixon speaks, I listen…
...In recent weeks, we have been discussing goal setting. In the article, “4 Things to Remember When Setting Goals,” one of the key points is to understand that change takes time. Over time, in order to achieve your goals there must be a balance between focusing on the small details that make up your day, and continually reminding yourself what you are striving to accomplish. Too often people either get so lost in the details or so focused on the final results that nothing ever gets accomplished. You must keep a balance of both or time is wasted […]
...I recently conducted and filmed a one-hour live interview with Traci Bernard, president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Southlake, Texas. During the interview she talked about how leaders shouldn’t be afraid to surround themselves with people smarter than themselves. In fact, leaders should actively look for and recruit team members smarter than themselves…
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