Tag: Leadership

Do Happier People Work Harder? I Think So

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Thanks to Andrew Bishop for posting a link to this article the other day. The New York Times had an article on Sunday titled,...

How Often Do You Hear “How Can I Help You?” From...

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I was going through some old notes I've taken when visiting different hospitals and I came up with this quote from a healthcare professional: "I've...

Podcast #126 – Auto Industry Legend and Executive Bob Lutz on...

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See the transcript later in this post. My guest for Podcast #126 is Bob Lutz, author of the book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The...

ThedaCare’s CEO: “The Goal is Zero – The Target is Improvement”

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On his blog, John Toussaint shared this letter from ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner to all employees. Toussaint said the letter is inspired by Paul...

Upcoming Podcast Interview with former GM Exec Bob Lutz

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As someone who started his career in the auto industry, I'm excited to be interviewing a modern auto-industry legend on Friday for an upcoming...

MD or MBA as CEO? Wrong Question?

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As I've worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I've sometimes wondered if there's been a study on the differences in results between hospitals...

Interview With Former CEO Paul O’Neill on Safety for Workers and...

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Listen I have a very special guest for Podcast #124 -  he is Paul O'Neill, the U.S. Treasury Secretary from 2001 to 2002 and former...

Horrible Bosses – The Movie and Real Life Stories

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Did anybody see the new movie, the comedy "Horrible Bosses" this weekend? If so, leave a comment and let us know what you thought...

Beware the Wrong Gemba Walk: Avoiding Top-Down Mistakes in Lean Leadership

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This is always a tongue-in-cheek warning, but there are times when I warn hospital leaders that they have to be careful when going to...

Dr. Mrinalini Gadkari on the Ohio State Healthcare MBOE Program –...

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Listen: Today's episode is a discussion with Mrinalini Gadkari, a Senior Lecturer at the Fisher College of Business. Today, we're talking about the new  Master...

A Thoughtful Commencement Message from Stephen Colbert

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I'm a proud graduate of Northwestern University, industrial engineering class of 1995. Our '95 commencement speaker was the newly installed president of the university......

Beware Your Leadership Shadow

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Last week, at the 2nd annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit, I moderated the CEO Panel discussion that featured four excellent Lean leaders: Jim FitzPatrick...
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