Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. 7) Retain your top people.

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Newsletter Insurance Class Workshop 165

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 12, 2017

The topic, “Total Rewards for a High Performing Culture” was jointly presented by Susan Rider and Karl Ahlrichs of Gregory & Appel Insurance here in Indianapolis. One of the hottest trends in human resources over the past few years is to rethink the performance management process and abandon the forced ranking systems of old.

Tips 59

Tips Human Resources Motivation Long-term 59

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Deborah Borg – Chief Human Resources & Communications Officer, Bunge Limited. Sean McGrath – Human Resources Vice-President World Bank Group.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Profound changes in an organization must be led from the top, but human resource professionals can play a big part in making them happen. Consider HR's role in accelerating Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates' operational improvement initiative. Training and Development.

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Process Human Resources Health Care Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Insurers strive to lower the prices they pay while the hospital’s contract administrators attempt to preserve top-line revenues. Rather than a zero-sum negotiation, such a new contract would be a win-win for insurers, providers, and patients. The Motives of the Pilot’s Members.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. When predefined treatment goals are attained, both parties contractually benefit. Think of the colleges that are increasingly able to identify students at risk of dropping out and intervene before they do.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

I’ve had the opportunity to participate with many large, self-insured employers in three such marketplace collaboratives: one led by Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle in 2005, another led by Intel in Portland, Oregon, in 2009, and the Robert Bree Collaborative , created by the Washington State legislature in 2011.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Incentives Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Surprisingly (at least to us), many employers think they’ve offered a wellness program if they direct their employees to a website made available by their insurer. Sending people to your health plan’s website. There are a few simple ways to start doing this.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Hospitals’ Medicare Losses Dwarf Medicaid Losses,” hospitals have been losing nearly three times as much caring for Medicare patients as they have caring for their Medicaid patients, traditionally the worst paid-for insured-patient group.

Cost 8

Cost Consensus Budgeting System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

So the goal should not be greater efficiency, but rather efficiency where it makes sense. In combat, the fact that someone is actively trying to disrupt your operation changes the calculation. This was not a new lesson, at least to the armed forces. As one Army general colorfully put it, "'Just in time' means damn near too late."

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Supply Chain Christensen Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

It takes time to learn how to operate efficiently in a new clinical delivery system, and higher costs of care and longer lengths of stay for locum tenens’ patients could reflect this learning curve. Our study was recently published in JAMA. The Rise of Locum Tenens.

Quality 8

Quality Survey Short-term Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

As a result, some larger health systems’ physician operations are generating nine-figure operating losses, which are major contributors to the deterioration in hospital earnings. A third apparent motivation was to corner the local physician market in order to obtain more favorable rates from health insurers.

Insurance 8

Insurance Incentives System Supply Chain 8