Recently I was talking with a friend and we were comparing our experiences. Both of us at one time in our careers had worked with bosses who presented work others had done, without mentioning that fact. I remember working long hours on projects and then providing the...
What skills do you feel new leaders need? That was a question I received in a conversation with master’s degree in healthcare administration students from Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, NC. I have always been very involved with students in...
This week has been bittersweet. January 26, 2015, was the day my father physically left this earth. If you have lost someone you love, you know that the person is never gone from your heart and mind. There is not a day that goes by that at some time my father does not...
You may have heard the phrase “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” Hopefully, as a leader, you don’t find yourself saying this very often. I’ve had leaders tell me that employees don’t really complete assignments. They will get an...
Burnout…whose issue is it? Some years back, I wrote a book with the help of George Ford, MD. The title is Healing Physician Burnout: Diagnosing, Preventing, and Treating. Dr. Ford was seeing a lot of burnout in doctors and healthcare in general and brought it to...
