August 24th, 2026
You have great people, exceptional systems, and clear goals, but something may still be missing.
I recently kicked off Culture College: Leadership Essentials for Creating an Engaged Culture with a cohort of attendees from 76 healthcare organizations. When I polled the ...
August 17th, 2026
Nurses have been ranked as the most trusted professional for 24 consecutive years in a national Gallup Poll with 75% of respondents rating their honesty and ethical standards as high or very high. Suffice it to say that other professions ...
August 3rd, 2026
…you make them worry.
Healthcare is serious business. Patients generally don’t come to see you for a social visit or in eager anticipation of something good about to happen to them (with the exception, generally, of giving birth). When they come ...
March 16th, 2026
The Organizations Winning on Reputation and Retention Aren’t Spending More. They’re Building Better Cultures.
Think about how many people interact with your organization daily. Patients, staff, families, vendors. Each one is forming an opinion, and many are openly sharing that ...
February 16th, 2026
Start with a clear definition
As we work with healthcare organizations to improve both the employee and patient experience, we’re often met with the same quandary. How do we build a better culture without being heavy-handed? Policies won’t move people.
It’s important ...
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 ...
June 10th, 2025
You asked for it, but are you ready?
Patient experience still ranks among healthcare executives' top concerns, and we're often brought in to help organizations dig deeper into what's behind their patient experience scores.
"We want to know how to improve," they ...
May 20th, 2025
Compassion is the Foundation of Human-Centered Care
This past week has been one of the most taxing in my life. Losing our home to a fire that destroyed everything has been devastating but, as with any tragedy, there are blessings.
In the ...