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Why We Work Hard and Persevere

Michael Lee Stallard

This is our ship to fight and operate. While there we recorded a podcast interview with Janis Apted, Associate Vice President for Faculty Development. I will probably spend most of my effort in this area. Training must be operationally oriented and practical. Initiative. Anderson Cancer Center.

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What Entertainers Can Tell Us about Personal Strength, Part II

Building Personal Strength

You are all you've got.” - Janis Joplin On AWARENESS - “Life is a great big canvas—throw all the paint on it you can.” - Danny Kaye On SELF-DISCIPLINE - “Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. .” - Gregory Hines On INTEGRITY - “Don't compromise yourself.

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How John F. Kennedy Changed Decision Making for Us All

Harvard Business Review

Eighteen months earlier, he’d made arguably the worst decision he ever made, to support an ill-conceived covert operation to unseat Fidel Castro, known today as the Bay of Pigs fiasco. But at the time, success was hardly assured.

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How One Hospital Improved Patient Handoffs for the Long Term

Harvard Business Review

Janis Christie/Getty Images. We started working with the management and staff of the perioperative unit in 2014 to develop a more systematic, long-term approach for improving patient handoffs from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).