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.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

A tale of two leaders

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I just read a fascinating book by the Naval historian and author, Joan Druett called "The Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edg...

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Taming the Chaos

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Why do I thrive on chaos? I even like to read about chaos - case in point, I just finished reading a dystopian novel by the science fiction...

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Clash of the Titans

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Nope - I am not going to talk about the 1981 movie from my youth, Clash of the Titans , which was "loosely based" (I will argue th...

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Juke Box Heroes

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There was a summer a long time ago when by some strange stroke of luck I was able to purchase front-row tickets to a Night Ranger concert (...

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Sunday, February 9, 2020

Tap Code

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About halfway through my first year of medical school, I applied for and received a commission in the United States Navy as part of the Unif...

Thursday, February 6, 2020

"The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear"

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Every medical student (actually, nowadays it's probably more like every middle school student) learns about the so-called "fight or...

Monday, February 3, 2020

Today is National Women Physicians Day

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Today, February 3rd, is National Women Physicians Day. It is the fourth time we have honored women physicians across the United States in t...

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