A 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. It was obvious from the gate agent’s […]
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It’s getting darker. Well, not actually. But tomorrow, Monday, August 21, 2017, it will. And, not just at night, but because of a total solar eclipse. Darkness. Where fear lurks in nursery tales, vampire movies, and film noir. Pretend. Yet darkness of another sort, of the refusal to look, of the refusal to see, of […]
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.
Would you write a check to a charity that pays its top executive $3 million a year?
“No plan survives contact with the enemy,” is a famous concept credited to many, bastardized by dozens, and plagiarized by even more. That’s because it’s true.
Remember attending that auction in which people overbid for that obvious-to-most mass produced ceramic vase? The attractiveness of a deal multiplies by the number of “buyers.”
“No plan survives contact with the enemy,” is a famous concept credited to many, bastardized by dozens, and plagiarized by even more. That’s because it’s true. But the fragility of plans does not mean that you should forsake planning for your medical group’s or healthcare business’ future. In fact, it means just the opposite: You […]
Remember attending that auction in which people overbid for that obvious-to-most mass produced ceramic vase?
A study found little correlation between nonprofit hospitals’ CEO pay, which averaged almost $600,000 per year, and performance.
Remember yearning for the affection, for even a glance, from that cheerleader or football star, the one that “everyone” adored?The attractiveness of a deal multiplies by the number of “buyers.”
