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WHE21: Can Behavioral Economics Solve Your Company’s Health Care Problems? | with Derek Yach from Vitality Institute

Engaging Leader

In particular, the still-evolving field of behavioral economics provides opportunities for employers to use evidence-based strategies to improve the health of their workforce. As described by National Public Radio, the Vitality Institute “finds ways to pay people to do healthful things” like eating more vegetables or exercising.

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Managing Change in Health Care

Coaching Tip

Healthcare organizations seem to be particularly challenged in reinventing themselves when compared to other industries. . If you can't motivate people to change, you can't change the organization. And if the organization can't change, there is no long-term success. By Guest Author Pamela Shaheen DrPH. Why is that?

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Using Dr. Deming’s Ideas at Baptist Memorial Health Care

Deming Institute

Skip Steward, Chief Improvement Office (CIO) for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee is the latest guest on the Deming Podcast ( download the podcast ). He says this is something he has seen throughout his career – with Deming’s ideas not being appreciated as widely as they should be.

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When Leaders Live the Vision

Michael Lee Stallard

Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital , a part of Northwestern Medicine, is an elite performing healthcare organization in terms of patient satisfaction, employee engagement and financial performance. She is an example of a leader who communicates an inspiring vision and lives it, as can be seen throughout her remarkable career.

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Preview Thursday: Make Learning Deliberate

Lead Change Blog

This command-and-control approach had made her successful as a director in a health-care organization and carried over to the way she ran her home and raised her kids. Because she had easy access to the Acting and Initiating styles too, she was quick to implement a practical fix to a problem.

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Employee Retention Strategies Go Beyond Competitive Salaries

HR Digest

Image courtesy – Shutterstock ) Employees leave for many reasons, and while some include personal conditions like health and relocation of the family, there are many that pertain to the organization. This could include health benefits, time off, retirement assistance, etc. How to Improve Employee Retention?

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Age Discrimination in the Workplace: A Tale as Old as Time

HR Digest

This forces them to turn to the more commonly available entry-level positions where they can restart their careers from scratch. The World Health Organization describes ageism as “ the stereotypes (how we think), prejudice (how we feel) and discrimination (how we act) towards others or oneself based on age.” In the U.S.