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A Culture of Quality: An Interview with Laurie Havanec

HR Digest

At the same time, the power of personal connections in a shared space can’t be underestimated when it comes to building and maintaining a strong and inclusive company identity and culture and allowing colleagues to take advantage of development and relationships that will help them grow their careers.

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Keeping Human Stories at the Center of Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. Some dysfunction may always exist in our health care systems.

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When Health Care Providers Look at Problems from Multiple Perspectives, Patients Benefit

Harvard Business Review

The care team ultimately found him a temporary rehabilitation facility where he recovered for two weeks until he was ready to go home. Unfortunately, this collaboration tends to be the exception rather than the norm in many health care organizations. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Insight Center.

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Building the next leadership pipeline with short-term executive programs in Top B-schools

HR Digest

Employees working for ten years or more have likely developed core skills in a specific discipline, and if they want to make the transition to the C-suite, they need to expand their knowledge. The London Business School’s Executive MBA focuses on knowledge and bringing about change in their organizations and influence the same everywhere.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. Leadership is about showing patience, kindness, mercy, caring, and, yes, love. Leadership is about care and compassion. Why was that the case?

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business Review

Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. The Future of Health Care. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images.

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The Skills Doctors and Nurses Need to Be Effective Executives

Harvard Business Review

We are witnessing an unprecedented transformation of the health care industry. Physicians and nurses are being called upon to lead these new health care enterprises — and are assuming a higher level of influence in the business of health care than ever before. It would be a shame if they did.