By Jim King
There is no question that today’s healthcare landscape is evolving. For children’s hospitals, this change creates unique challenges to serve the industry’s most unique patients.
In a recent article for Becker’s Hospital Review, I examine the emerging responsibilities for executives in children’s hospital leadership and the new roles they have to play. One by-product of change is the introduction of new executive positions. Below are…
By Andrew Chastain
2016 is sure to be a year of tremendous change for the healthcare industry. In a recent article published by Becker’s Hospital Review, I take a very big-picture view and list 16 strategic questions healthcare CEOs and other leaders should ask themselves during the year ahead. From the transition to value-based care to the immediate need for greater information security, CEOs have more concerns than ever.
These…
By David Boggs, Practice Leader, WK Advisors
If you’ve read an article about careers lately, chances are it included terms like “changing landscape” or “seismic shifts.” Healthcare, education, and many other industries are in upheaval due to significant changes involving everything from legislative policy to technological advancements. It’s no wonder even seasoned executives may feel as if they are stumbling across unsteady ground, their career paths not as…
In the fall of 2015, Witt/Kieffer released results of our fourth major healthcare leadership diversity survey, in a report titled “Closing the Gap in Healthcare Leadership Diversity.” The survey was sent to thousands of healthcare executives, with 311 leaders ultimately participating. They were asked to answer questions about topics ranging from the perceived equity of leadership in healthcare to the barriers hindering continued improvement in closing the diversity…
By Jim Gauss and Oliver Tomlin
We think leadership diversity is a big deal. That’s why we thought it was significant last week when our firm released results of its fourth Healthcare Leadership Diversity study. (It was also a big deal when we did our first study in 1998, and again in 2006 and 2011.)
The latest results are shared in a new report and related webinar:
By Charles W.B. Wardell, III
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to deliver a lecture for a large, appreciative audience at the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida. My theme was about leadership and “The Joy of Responsibility.” Allow me to share the definition of leadership that I used in that talk:
Leadership is not the act of leading people. It is the act of being responsible for a collective group of people.
By Adriane Willig
The role of the healthcare strategist – embodied most often by the healthcare Chief Strategy Officer – has seen its ups and downs over the years. There have been periods when some organizations have eliminated executive strategy positions, particularly as a way to reduce expenses. This still happens today.
Yet I believe we are seeing a resurgence in the importance of the role of Chief Strategy Officer and a corresponding demand in the job market. Forward-thinking health systems…
“Healthcare today does not so much require a new brand of leadership as it does a brand that expects constant change and is willing to go beyond conventional solutions,” believes Witt/Kieffer’s Andrew Chastain. “It also requires establishing a culture where innovative thinking is rewarded.”
One way in which innovative, change-embracing executives are rewarded is through Modern Healthcare’s annual Up & Comers awards. Chastain’s quote is from his introduction to this year’s awards, which recognize difference-making leaders…
By Kimberly Smith, FACHE, Senior Partner
For military officers, the decision as to when to transition into civilian life is tough to say the least. Family, logistics, raw emotion, and trepidation about the unknown come into play. If you’ve been a soldier for 10, 20, or even 30 years, it’s hard to leave the ranks.
But most officers, at some point, exit the services for civilian roles — they want something different for themselves or their families, or have reached a…
By Nick Giannas and Laura Vallone
A by-product of healthcare reform and the shift to a ubiquitous digital environment is the increased risk of cybersecurity threats and attacks. These security issues are real, evolving and can happen to any organization, as has been shown time and again over the past several years. Security breaches have become so common that most experts agree that, for healthcare organizations, it’s not a matter of if a breach will happen, but when. Some say…
