In the excellent book The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a very wise and successful entrepreneur and business leader is coaching Joe, a new student and mentee.  The Chairman leans toward Joe in order to assure being heard with absolute clarity. With all the emphasis he can muster, The Chairman

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful.  The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith identifies four key beliefs that helped us become successful.  Each key belief can make

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In the excellent book The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a very wise and successful entrepreneur and business leader is coaching Joe, a new student and mentee.  The Chairman leans forward toward Joe, and The Chairman’s voice gets softer for greater emphasis.   With all the emphasis he can muster,

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It’s February, March and early April 2011. I have decided to base my Inspirational Vehicle in southern California, specifically Los Angeles for approximately 10 weeks. The Inspirational Vehicle is my motor home, in which I do some of the inspirational things I love most – read, write, think, memorize inspirational literature, photography and simply enjoy

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Early each morning of every business day, Caroline Anschutz is hard at work – serving you! Lucky for you and nearly 20,000 other Dail-E News subscribers, Caroline loves what she does… and it shows! Caroline is an Industry Analyst for U.S. LifeLine and the Editor of Dail-E News (http://dailenews.mdsi.org/). She is a talented aggregator of

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Colleen Barrett, President Emeritus of Southwest Airlines describes The Triple Bottom Line as follows: 1. “Treat your people right, and good things will happen. When we talk to our people, we proudly draw a pyramid on the chalkboard and tell them: You are at the top of the pyramid. You are the most important person

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I am betting that every person reading this article has heard the Golden Rule a thousand times. I am also betting that every person reading this article has been reminded, a thousand times or more, of the many benefits of living by the Golden Rule. Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto

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Celebrate Success! Sounds simple. Sounds basic. Sounds logical. Sounds intuitive. Sounds like common sense. Sounds like everyone would appropriately celebrate success for a million great reasons. Reality, in many cases, is quite different. It is astounding the number of people, the number of leaders (remember, everyone is a leader!), the number of organizations that do

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If you were given the opportunity to “sit at the feet” and learn (or be reminded and reinforce) proven ‘tips, behaviors and attitudes for greater success’ from a highly successful, world-class achiever, would you take the time to do so? An achiever whose company received 90,043 resumes and hired 831 new employees in 2009! Calculate that application-to-hire

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Darren Hardy, publisher of Success Magazine, recently wrote a publisher’s letter entitled: “What Makes You Happy?” Darren correctly states that this question is one of the most important questions of our entire lives. Most people do not take the time nor invest the effort to seriously address this question. When asked this question, most people

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Abigail Adams was the wife of the second President of the United States of America, John Adams. To this day, she remains one of the most influential women in American history.   Like other women of her time, Abigail Adams lacked formal education. However, she possessed great intelligence and wisdom. She had a serious interest

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Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, provided excellent ‘tips for success’ and ‘food for thought’ during a commencement address at Stanford University, one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. Job’s told his personal story regarding facing death and the significance of death: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve

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Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, provided excellent ‘tips for success’ and ‘food for thought’ during a commencement address at Stanford University, one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. Jobs’ told his personal story regarding love and loss: “I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and

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Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, provided excellent ‘tips for success’ and ‘food for thought’ during a commencement address at Stanford University, one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. Jobs’ told his personal story regarding dropping out of Reed College after only 6 months: “I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive

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This article is written from the perspective of 15 years as a hospital CEO and over 20 additional years in the healthcare education and networking business on a national basis. There is no question that most healthcare leaders fall into the dangerous trap of limiting too much of their formal and informal continuing education to

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I recently asked Curtis Rooney, President of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA), a series of important questions. His answers provide excellent Tips for Personal and Professional Success! Curtis is President of HIGPA, the leading organization that advocates on behalf of healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in Washington, D.C.   He is responsible for the

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Curtis Rooney and the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) have once again proven that Leadership Excellence is, without doubt, The Ultimate Strategy for Success.   As President of HIGPA, Curtis Rooney leads HIGPA’s efforts to advocate on behalf of the healthcare GPO industry.  One can only imagine how busy Curtis and HIGPA have been over

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It was an honor to recently serve as moderator and facilitator for the 4th Annual PHTS Leadership Conference for HR Professionals.  The conference is specifically designed for senior HR leaders.  The conference was co-sponsored by the South Carolina Healthcare Human Resources Association. One segment of the conference focused specifically on Performance Appraisals and Employee Development.  David

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Most unsuccessful people and organizations are highly successful and highly effective at risk aversion.  They avoid risk, even prudent risk like the plague! Actions speak louder than words. Most “losers,” most “ultimate failures,” most “unsuccessful” people avoid risk….particularly sound, carefully thought-out, prudent risk.  These people and organizations are focused on avoiding perceived or real temporary

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Want to distinguish yourself from 98% of the “competition?”  Want to distinguish yourself from 90 to 95% of all people and all organizations across the entire world?  Want to live a life filled with joy, fulfillment, happiness, love, virtually unlimited opportunities, wonderful colleagues, as well as supportive friends, friends and more friends? Every day, every

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