Leadership

Over the past few years, and especially this year, many health care trustees are feeling like they are on a whitewater rafting trip. They are in a craft with some people they know well and others they do not know at all; the water is swirling them around; and they don’t know which way is…
“Don’t wish your life away,” my grandmother always admonished us kids whenever we were feeling antsy for Christmas to get here or summer vacation to kick in or — not long after the Fourth of July — for summer vacation to hurry up and get over with and the first…
Maureen Swick, R.N., took the helm as chief nursing officer of the American Hospital Association and CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives last summer. She had been top nurse executive at Inova health system in Virginia and is a 30-year veteran in the health care field. Swick…
Wherever you fit into health care, no doubt you’ve been a little jittery these past several years as regulatory and market forces — from payment to population health, from the aging of the baby boomers to the rise of health care consumerism — transform our…
The most crucial time in an organization’s life is the transition from one CEO to another. But while considerable time and attention are given to the mission and vision of a company, this often isn't the case with CEO-transition planning. Such planning is particularly needed in…
Wherever you fit into health care — whatever kind of hospital or health system, ambulatory clinic, physician office, public health department, post-acute care provider or any other entity in the care continuum — no doubt you’ve been a little jittery these past several years…
Trustee talking points Although millennials increasingly fill the workforce, they’re not filling the health care leadership ranks at the pace of previous generations. They also tend to move from job to job more than employees have done in the past. Something similar is true at…
As hospitals and health systems assess how they can attract and retain millennials in their operations, hospital boards are asking the same question.
I work with young people. I mean, really young people. People under 60. Because I’m not under 60 (don’t ask), I think of myself as something of an expert on how different generations interact in professional settings. And let me tell you, it ain’t pretty.
Trustee talking points As hospitals move into value-based business models and assume risk, ethical issues are likely to become more prevalent. Ethical leaders share four common traits. Some issues are black and white; the more nuanced ones require a powerful, analytical approach. To…