What you think is permanent is only temporary. How temporary is the question.
Tag: alternative
I can’t be sure that anyone on the medical staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach, California read my 2017 post, What You Need To Know About The Flea That (Metaphorically) Killed The Medical Center CEO, but they appear to be following the same strategy in an attempt to eject a hospital CEO.
Take a seat and listen in as Mark discusses Walmart’s latest foray into healthcare via it’s Walmart Town Center concept.
Ride along while Mark talks about the error of confusing the plan with the actual way a deal plays out.
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 minority.
Just as no vote was required for a dictator like Castro to take over Cuba, no medical staff vote, no survey by Press Ganey, no long and drawn out process among “stakeholders,” is required to topple the status quo.
What you do, and how you do it, within your organization, and how you project it to essential third parties (e.g., hospital-based medical group to hospital) is all-important in maintaining relationships, contracts, and even existence.
Covenants not to compete may be under attack, but there are alternatives.
When negotiating with someone, whether it’s for a job, a services agreement, or anything else, you can never be sure that they won’t make a decision based on some ridiculous, subjective factor.
Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.