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, September 24, 2026

The Responsibility Poem

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I've talked a lot about the importance of accountability in the past (see my posts, "The buck stops here!" , "12 O'Cl...

Monday, September 21, 2026

"Here am I..."

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On this past Memorial Day , I mentioned the book Duty, Honor, Country, & Life: A Tribute to the American Spirit by Admiral William M...

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Garbage in...Garbage out...

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Whenever I come across an interesting passage in a book, I frequently will dog-ear the page or take a picture with my smartphone so that I c...

Monday, September 14, 2026

"He who knows most knows best how little he knows"

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I recently read a book about wine, Reflections of a Vintner: Stories and Seasonal Wisdom from a Lifetime in Napa Valley by Tor Kenward. To...

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Confucius says...stay humble!

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The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius lived in the fifth-century BCE during a time known as the Spring and Autumn period . The name ...

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Krakatoa's Child

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Every once in a while, I come back to a previous post with an update. I posted about the famous eruption of the volcano Krakatoa on August ...

Monday, September 7, 2026

The word of the day is...arbejdsglæde

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I mentioned the term "arbejdsglæde" in a recent post (see "The Trust Hormone" ). It's actually a Danish compound w...

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