Leadership Reverie

Life is all about metaphors and personal stories. I wanted a place to collect random thoughts, musings, and stories about leadership in general and more specifically on leadership and management in health care.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

"Be an optimist without being a fool"

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I read a great book by Heidi Grant recently called Nine Things Successful People Do Differently . Dr. Grant also wrote an article for Har...

Monday, April 27, 2026

Better football, better health?

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is just over a month away! The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) holds the World Cup, a tour...

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Chimpanzee War

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We can learn a lot about human behavior by studying other animal species, particularly primates. Humans are indeed part of the primate fami...

Monday, April 20, 2026

"Why the U.S. spends so much on healthcare"

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Andrew Mollica and Anna Wilde Mathews wrote an interesting article for The Wall Street Journal recently in order to help explain why the U....

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Five for Impact...

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My wife and I recently went on a Spring Break trip to California. Our first stop was one of our favorite places in the world to visit, Coro...

Monday, April 13, 2026

No, really...eat your ice cream!

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As I mentioned in a recent post , I recently finished reading Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life by Ezekiel...

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Fortune favors the bold...

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An interesting news article came by Chief Healthcare Executive came across my desk a few months ago announcing that "thousands of emp...

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