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Four Industries That Use the Situational Leadership® Methodology

The Center For Leadership Studies

an objective or a goal the leader needs to pursue through the behavior of others) There will always be a follower! (a One of the best descriptions of that reality in professional sports was provided years ago by Bum Phillips. For example: There will always be a task! (an

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Doubts About Pay-for-Performance in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

What do we really know about the effectiveness of using financial incentives to improve quality and reduce costs in health care? It would seem that increasing payment for high-quality care (and, conversely, lowering payment for low-quality care) is an obvious way to improve value in health care.

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A Case for Why Health Systems Should Partner with Pharmacies

Harvard Business Review

The health care industry is now focusing on value-based care — improving the health of populations while reducing costs. As providers aim to compete in this new business context, they are partnering with firms whose data and services can increase care coordination and prevent disease.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen

Harvard Business Review

To serious motorcycle racers like Andrea and Barry Coleman , flat-track racing is the most primal, authentic, and thrilling form of competition, harkening back to the origins of the sport at the turn of the twentieth century. Today, on virtually every relevant health indicator, Africa lags. It isn’t the stuff of banner headlines.

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If All of Work Were Gamified

Harvard Business Review

Imagine if only a fraction of it had been focused on improving our education, health care, energy, and economic systems. McGonigal suggests that the four defining traits of any game — a goal, clear rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation — can be applied to any challenge.

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How to Teach Employees Skills They Don’t Know They Lack

Harvard Business Review

But according to data from industries including academia, health care, technology, manufacturing, retail, sports, and business services, people are actually “unconsciously incompetent” in a typical 20% to 40% of areas critical to their performance.

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The Social Side of Auto-Analytics

Harvard Business Review

It grows out of insights in fields like high-performance sports science, cognitive science, and health care. Nudgers help you use your tracked data to guide you toward your performance or change goals over time. We can take some guidance from the health-care field. It's an emerging trend. And so forth.