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.

Friday, October 31, 2025

Happy Halloween!

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Today is October 31st - that means it is Halloween! Today I'm going to re-post a favorite from the past (the year 2018 in fact) . One o...

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Connections

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I recently posted about Dr. Vivek Murthy's (Dr. Murthy was the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the Untied States) report, "The Hea...

Monday, October 27, 2025

Mind-set matters...

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The so-called "placebo effect" is a great example of "mind over matter" , referring to the commonly observed phenomenon...

Saturday, October 25, 2025

"To be of importance to others is to be alive..."

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I read a powerful anecdote in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review ( "The Power of Mattering at Work" ) written by Zac...

Thursday, October 23, 2025

I'm a cheerleader, really!?!?

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I briefly mentioned the paradox of emotional well-being in aging in a recent post . Once again, the paradox refers to the fact that desp...

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

The Messy Middle

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I recently posted about The Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde , an Episcopal priest who is currently serving as the head of the Episcopal ...

Sunday, October 19, 2025

The Bullwhip Effect (again)

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One of my favorite exercises in business school was a simulation called the "Beer Game" . The simulation was developed by Jay W...

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