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A Culture of Excellence: An Interview with Melissa Strait

HR Digest

We’re focused on building a culture of innovation that enables good ideas to thrive at any level of the organization, not just at the top. We empower our team members to take risks, test, and learn in ways that not only support the business, but further their professional growth.

Brand 52
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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

Back before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, MedStar’s leaders decided they needed a strategic plan to reimagine the company in 2020. MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs.

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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business Review

relies on TWA to teach job readiness and life skills to teens and young adults from low-income communities while also generating proven talent pipeline and business benefits. By 2020 the company expects that 10,000 teens and young adults will have participated in TWA.