“I can’t put it in the agreement, but trust me on this. You have my word.”
Those are famous words from a hospital CEO. And, maybe you can trust him. But can you trust his successor?
Category: Situation Transformer
“I can’t put it in the agreement, but trust me on this. You have my word.”
Job security, or, better said, job insecurity, has held pretty steady over the last eight or so years: There’s almost a 20% chance that CEO Rob or Roberta won’t be on the hospital’s payroll a year from now.
You’re under competitive pressure, so why cut your own group off at its knees?
Does your group have aberrant members that are pissing off colleagues, referring physicians and hospital staff?
Lewis and Clark, yes, that Lewis and Clark, the explorers, can teach medical group leaders an important lesson in respect of negotiating with hospitials. Journal Entry September 2, 1803 “Suppose it best to send out two or three men to engage some oxen or horses to assist us [in crossing the sandbar] obtain one horse […]