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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. A finance expert who wants now to expand into marketing or customer dealings can choose from a myriad of short courses that deal in the same fields. .

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Health Care Is an Investment, and the U.S. Should Start Treating It Like One

Harvard Business Review

health care system woefully underperform relative to those made in health care in other countries. spends nearly 7–10% more of its national income on health care than other similar countries and yet life expectancy at birth remains, on average, two to three years lower. Yet, investments in the U.S.

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Health Care Becomes Entrepreneurial (Finally)

Harvard Business Review

In our group at Merck, we are witnessing this opportunity firsthand as we collaborate with start-ups in the areas of digital health, big data, and health IT. Four dynamics are driving this new era of health care innovation: Finally, there is a financial incentive to innovate. Entrepreneurship Health Innovation'

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business Review

As more evidence shows that leadership skills and management practices positively influence both patient and healthcare organization outcomes, it’s becoming clear that leadership training should be formally integrated into medical and residency training curricula. The Future of Health Care. Insight Center.

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Caption Contest 2010.3

Chris Brady

Posted by: Allan Gainer | February 23, 2010 at 01:41 PM Bubba says, "By golly Cletus, it's the making of the next Obamacare health care proposal." Posted by: JustinArndt | February 23, 2010 at 01:45 PM Bubba says, "By golly Cletus, it's the making of the next Obamacare health care proposal."

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Who’s Better at Strategy: CFOs or CSOs?

Harvard Business Review

Since then, as the composition of top executive teams has changed, responsibility for leading strategy development has been shared by more members of the C-suite. Together, they have the stature to challenge and influence how the company makes decisions. There are two reasons for this. Embracing the long-term view.

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Strong Patient-Provider Relationships Drive Healthier Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

“The proper goal for any health care delivery system is to improve the value delivered to patients … To properly manage value, both outcomes and cost must be measured at the patient level,” Harvard’s Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter tell us. Martin’s Point Health Care-Bangor.