Author Archives: Administrator

Advancing Leadership Diversity: What Gets in the Way?

Guest blog by Jim Gauss and Howard Jessamy Second in a series of findings from Witt/Kieffer’s 2011 national survey report Building the Business case. Healthcare Diversity Leadership. If advancing leadership diversity is so crucial to organizational success in the face … Continue reading

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Advancing Leadership Diversity: Why It’s Critical in 2012

Guest post by Jim Gauss and Howard Jessamy …first in a series of findings from Witt/Kieffer’s 2011 national survey report Building the Business case. Healthcare Diversity Leadership. There’s no question about it. Whatever happens in Washington, health reform this year … Continue reading

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Adventure abroad: Is it for you?

Guest post by Jean Dowdall and Kathleen M. Pike Thomas Friedman argued in a recent New York Times article that career paths aren’t stable ladders anymore—they are entrepreneurial ventures calling for creative steps. In academe, one of those creative steps may … Continue reading

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You can go home again

Guest post by Jean Dowdall and Kathleen M. Pike One or more overseas postings—long-term or not—are critical for those whose goals include a successful global career. But what do you do when you want to come home? Re-entering the U.S. … Continue reading

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CDO role is maturing

Guest post by Lucy Apthrop Leske and Oliver B. Tomlin, III Today’s college or university Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) is more likely than not to have been at the forefront of establishing the diversity leadership role. In less than two decades, … Continue reading

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Diversity in healthcare leadership: Step 2: Board action

Guest post by Howard Jessamy I recently described the need for health care organization boards to educate themselves on the value of assigning strategic importance to diversity in C-suite leadership. Now I’d like to address the proactive steps a board … Continue reading

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Diversity in health care leadership: Step 1: Board member buy-in

Guest post by Howard Jessamy Evidence suggests that organizations thrive when they embrace ethnic, cultural and racial diversity just as when they seek diversity of opinion, background, experience and knowledge. Other industries are way ahead of health care when it … Continue reading

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Shhhh…presidential search in progress

Guest post by Dennis Barden While it is still common for educational institutions in the final stages of a leadership search to bring candidates to campus for open visits—public institutions are often required by law to do so—some candidates are … Continue reading

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Cultivate your staff as if they were your donors

Guest post by Jon Derek Croteau Have you seen any openings for advancement staff lately? Of course you have. Open advancement positions abound across the United States and as institutions in Europe, Asia, and Australia become more sophisticated seekers of … Continue reading

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Get It Right the First Time

Guest post by Carson F. Dye, FACHE Your healthcare organization will make a significant investment of time and money when hiring executive leadership. Avoid disappointment and the high cost of hiring mistakes by following these six tips to improve your … Continue reading

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