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Galápagos Encounters: How Nature Guides and Transforms My Perspective
The Galapagos left a lingering impact on how I see the world since I visited several weeks ago. It is a reminder how, in William Wordsworth’s poem “Tintern Abbey", nature is a force we can leverage as “our nurse, [...]
M&A in Healthcare: Four Ways to Start Strong to Achieve Cultural Alignment
I have observed both the pitfalls and successes spearheading mergers and acquisitions in healthcare. Studies put the M&A failure rate somewhere between 70% and 90%, according to Harvard Business Review. This statistic remains unchanged and in our current complex [...]
Strategies to Manage Conflict:
An Opportunity for Growth
I grew up in a large Irish family. I was one of five children. Our way to resolve conflict was to vocalize your feelings, raise your voice, argue and color it with some humor if the mood fit. Later [...]
Unleash Your Executive Presence:
Inspire and Engage
A veil of silence fell as the clack of her footsteps reverberated on the polished wood floors. The air felt heavy with anticipation as she walked towards the stage at the school assembly. Although she rose just under five [...]
Health Care System Strategies to Help Bring the Joy Back to Medicine
Imagine a future where it is difficult to see your physician, as a result, you must go to an overcrowded emergency room and then wait weeks, perhaps months, to get a specialty appointment. That future is Now. A significant [...]
The Art of Storytelling
Master Storytelling to build trust, spark creativity and incite action I grew up in Ireland listening to and observing storytellers bringing people to life with colorful language and expressions, often told with a bit of embellishment each time the [...]