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Building Partnerships

Marshall Goldsmith

Traditional “bonds” between employees and organizations have changed. Many leaders will be operating more like the managing director of a consulting firm. The same trend is occurring in pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. The ideal leader is a person who builds internal and external partnerships.

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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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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business Review

Some of the San Francisco-based groups, for example, bonded via discussions about the Golden State Warriors basketball team and opportunities to be more active in the city. This group dynamic cultivates a social network that offers real-time feedback, support, and accountability.

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Eight Essentials for Scaling Up Without Screwing Up

Harvard Business Review

As the cast of characters in an organization or program grows, coordinating all those people and sustaining healthy social bonds among becomes more difficult. Cut cognitive overload, but embrace necessary organizational complexity.

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How Employees Shaped Strategy at the New York Public Library

Harvard Business Review

These diverse groups of volunteer employees work across organizational boundaries and outside of their regular operational duties. Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai used them to improve care for Alzheimer’s patients. Community members consciously forged new and strong bonds of comradery, commitment, and common purpose.

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Go Ahead and Gossip

Harvard Business Review

It builds a bond because people think you trust them to share sensitive information," says Hill. Carl Kerrigan,* a director of operations at a large pharmaceutical company, sees office gossip as an important communication tool. Information is power.". Differentiate between useful and negative.