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, June 18, 2026

"Self-trust is the first secret of success..."

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I want to re-visit the book The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey , former CEO of the Covey Le...

Monday, June 15, 2026

Is AI going to replace us?

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I am going to avoid using the cliché that "AI won't replace humans, but humans using AI will replace humans who don't use AI...

Thursday, June 11, 2026

The power to command or the courage to serve?

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Last year I wrote a post called "The Death of Command and Control" based on a number of articles proclaiming the end of the so-ca...

Monday, June 8, 2026

It's a wonderful life

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I mentioned a new book by Arthur C. Brooks in a recent post (see "Magic Power" ), called The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpo...

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Leadership Lessons from D-Day

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Today, June 6th, 2026 is the 82nd Anniversary of D-Day, the first day of the Allied Forces liberation of Europe during World War II. Genera...

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Blind Taste Tests and the Universal Laws of Success

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Now that all of our children are adults, we try to do something fun and unique over the Christmas Holidays. For example, last year, we each...

Monday, June 1, 2026

Workslop

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When I was a third-year medical student (many years ago), I rotated for a month on the pediatric neurosurgery service. I rounded every morn...

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