October 14th, 2025
Engaging Hearts and Minds for Effective Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare is built on a foundation of science. Whether we're looking at evidence-based practice in nursing, evidence-based practice in medicine, or clinical trials, it’s important to rely on sound data. Facts and data ...
October 7th, 2025
AI spotlights the need for human connection
You may or may not realize it but many of the conversations you have with the companies and brands you’re a customer or client of aren’t taking place with people—they’re taking place with bots, ...
September 29th, 2025
The costly disconnect between what we advertise and what we can actually deliver
Healthcare is notorious for its silos—departments that are hyper-focused on their own work but fail to fully understand how their work needs to link to other departments. Marketing ...
September 22nd, 2025
How bad-mouthing teammates can destroy patient trust
I had an opportunity recently to accompany a family member to an appointment for major surgery. I always learn a lot at these visits and am always attuned to what goes well and areas ...
September 9th, 2025
The difference between talking about values and actually living them
Culture, in its simplest definition, is how you really do things. It's how you make decisions, how you treat each other, and what you tolerate. Going back to an old adage: ...
August 26th, 2025
The Problem with "One-and-Done" Training
Here’s a scenario that’s all too familiar in the healthcare industry. Leadership has decided that there’s a need to raise the bar on service excellence across the organization. They document the need, develop a budget, and ...
August 20th, 2025
How vulnerability, active listening, and compassion translate into stronger business outcomes
I was listening to a podcast the other day about empathetic leadership and how it has an impact on everything from workforce engagement to financial efficiency and quality outcomes. Intrigued, ...
August 12th, 2025
A Leadership Challenge That Demands Our Attention
I've often asked myself this question: Do we value caring as a top priority in healthcare? It's a question that keeps me up at night, especially when I look at the metrics we focus ...
August 5th, 2025
Recognition matters more than you may think: here’s why
Recognition isn't just a nice-to-have leadership practice—it's a retention strategy that delivers measurable results. A recent longitudinal study by Gallup spanning two years found that employees who were regularly recognized were 45% ...
July 29th, 2025
Why crystal-clear communication gives you a competitive advantage
I had a conversation with a healthcare executive recently that stopped me in my tracks. She mentioned that her department was consistently missing targets, and she couldn't understand why her previously high-performing team ...