It’s not the people that you have to fire that ruin your organization; it’s the people you should have fired but didn’t.
Focus On The Future
Imagine that your only menu choice, anywhere, is a Happy Meal. It doesn’t matter whether it’s at McDonald’s or at Chez Prétentieux. The Happy Meal is the only thing on the menu. After all, that’s the way things are done. Back to reality, which, for most, it isn’t much different, at least in connection with…
What You Need to Know About Unforced Errors – Success in Motion
Take a seat while Mark discusses the concept of unforced errors in healthcare business arrangements.
Why You Must Harness the Power of the Flea
In my 2017 post, What You Need To Know About The Flea That (Metaphorically) Killed The Medical Center CEO, I wrote about the fact that, as in a guerrilla war, change within an organization, as well as within a domain in which the organization interacts, can occur as a result of agitation by a vocal…
Walmart Understands Action. Most Physician Leaders Just Understand Reaction. – Podcast
Walmart doesn’t think like you. They have a strategy to seize opportunity. They make decisions quickly. They act on those decisions quickly. They are inside of your OODA loop.
Why the Lack of Power Corrupts Absolutely: Dealing With Petty Bureaucrats – Medical Group Minute
few months ago, while waiting at the gate for a flight, I couldn’t help but notice a gate agent making some woman unpack and repack and unpack and repack her expandable carry-on suitcase because it was too wide to fit into the measuring “box” for carry-on luggage…
Compound King Breaks Bad, Gets Creamed – Success in Motion
Take a ride with Mark as he discusses the latest compound medicine kickback scheme to result in prison time.
Fiduciary Duties, Errant Partners, and Third-Party Liability.
A seemingly unrelated Delaware case from the world of corporate mergers reminded me of that sorry story, one that’s played out several times for clients over the past decade, one that never ends well for Dr. Quisling.
Maneuvering Your Way Out of Crises, Coronavirus and Otherwise – Podcast
As we come out of the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic, use the opportunity to redesign your group to take advantage of OODA loop thinking.
What You Must Know About Opportunities, Euphemisms, and Power: Group “Buys” Competitors for Nothing – Medical Group Minute
In the real-world context of opportunistic action, “partnership” is a euphemism for “acquired” or “controlled.”