Warren Bennis asks “Can a leader both act and be real?” Bill George, a professor at the Harvard Business School, in his book True North, contends that a journey to leadership” cannot be made without “framing your life story, discerning your passions, finding your leadership purpose” and aligning it with...
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Having a Point of View. Good. Acting on It. Priceless
Guest blog in Hospital Impact.
Having a Point of View versus Standing Up for Something You Believe In
I had an engaging conversation with Kellyann Curnayn, author of A Good Day in Hell: The Flatlining of Nurses Across America. She is a dedicated, practicing nurse. She told me that nurses do not get paid to take care of patients. They get paid to fill out paperwork. Kellyann has...
Guest Blog in Long-Term Living Magazine – Leadership Must Change if Person / Patient Centered to take Root
Our post from yesterday is now featured in Long Term Living Magazine’s blog entries. Leadership must change their ways or the experience for patients and residents and staff will not change. Interestingly today I had a wonderful conversation with Kellyann Curnayn. She is a nurse in Orlando and the author...
Leadership Must Change if Person / Patient Centered to take Root
I have been blogging a lot lately about why patient centered care and person centered care have not taken firm root. Readers of the blogs came back to one systemic issue – leadership. A couple of recent Harvard articles might hold the answer to the leadership question. The article, Are...
Advance in Long Term Care Management
Read my guest blog in Advance in Long Term Care Management about how health professionals handle the end of life care of their patients.