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Category Archives: Tools and Toolkit
I would love to read the last chapter of my life.
I am in the midst of orientation and training for a new professional role. Over the years, I’ve used nearly ever cliche phrase associated with the start of something new: Beginning a new journey. Typically, when setting out on a … Continue reading
Hope is not a plan; but, you can plan to hope.
But, you can plan to hope. Toward the end of the calendar or fiscal year, the phrase “hope is not a plan” echoes through conference rooms, hallways, offices, and performance review sessions. In a world of data, analytics, predictive models, … Continue reading
Workplace Rape
Does the following scenario resonate with you? Your telephone rings and the CFO are on the line. He is reviewing a demand analysis that you have been working on for a new technology acquisition. The first statement after you say … Continue reading
Medicaid: Deal with it!
The winds of change began blowing early in the year as several governorships changed, state budgets were pushed to unprecedented limits, and the pace of recession recovery – specifically employment and corresponding health benefits. Six months later, there is ample … Continue reading
Tweet that Rick Sanchez
Last week I took part in a training session on social media. Honest – I still don’t get it. Blogs make sense to me; it is similar to a newspaper or television broadcast. Social media has always been somewhat foreign … Continue reading
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The fable of the new CEO and the culturally unfit
“Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which means that some people will get angry at your actions and decisions. It’s inevitable, if you’re honorable. Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity: … Continue reading
Recommendations for the final 2010 budget push
· Total staff expenses have been reviewed; cuts made for those roles viewed as less than mission critical. The impact of those cuts has not been completely experienced to date although there is an overall sense within the business … Continue reading
Lessons learned from the nursing home industry
A very wise person once told me culture trumps strategy. As a social worker and healthcare strategist, this made perfect sense emphasizing the yin and yang facings strategy development, budgeting, organizational enhancement, or performance improvement. Devotees of LEAN, Deming, and … Continue reading