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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

.” (This is yet another example of companies taking advantage of highly sensitive personal information.) It’s a symptom and sign of the times, a systemic problem of what I believe is society’s making. Valeant/Philidor pharmaceutical companies. Crime exposed, the CEO, John Stumpf, apologized…but is that enough? Volkswagen.

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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. Pfizer is an excellent example of an organization that is intentional about shaping its culture. We engaged with leaders across the business and sought the candid input of approximately 11,000 colleagues globally.

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

Enron is a great example. Examples of Enron’s good deeds in the community and the professed character of Enron’s executives were particularly noteworthy. The pharmaceutical company is famous for its Credo, which was written many years ago and reflected the sincere values of the leaders of the company at that time.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

In that post, I listed a number of things common to the political process that are terrible examples of how to behave when you are really trying to solve a problem or resolve a conflict. I am not a doctor, pharmacist, attorney, drug company executive or any other person who has deep insights into the intricacies of our health care system.

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Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick

The Recovering Engineer

In that post, I listed a number of things common to the political process that are terrible examples of how to behave when you are really trying to solve a problem or resolve a conflict. I am not a doctor, pharmacist, attorney, drug company executive or any other person who has deep insights into the intricacies of our health care system.

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How a U.S. Health Care System Uses 15-Minute Huddles to Keep 23 Hospitals Aligned

Harvard Business Review

It enables knowledge from activities throughout the organization in the previous 24 hours to escalate up to executive leadership — Tier VI in our model — and be addressed. Interestingly, despite the number of huddles, the number of action items has never overwhelmed the system.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business Review

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images. ” Clearly, more is needed.

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