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, October 28, 2020

LeeeeeeeeRoy Jenkins!

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I've posted in the past about planning and preparation (for example, see "...plans are useless but planning is indispensable"...

Saturday, October 24, 2020

"Remember, Orville Wright flew an airplane without a pilot's license."

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Retired U.S. Marine Corps General and former Secretary of Defense, James Mattis reportedly onced told his troops, "Remember, Orville ...

Sunday, October 18, 2020

"Rising star or sinking ship?"

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I came across an article reporting that the University of South Florida (USF) was America's fastest-rising university in the recent U.S...

Friday, October 16, 2020

Kissing a toad to make a prince

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The "Oracle of Omaha" and famed investor, Warren Buffett, once compared corporate mergers to the fairy tale of the The Frog Prin...

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Broken legs

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I came across an interesting story in Forbes magazine the other day that may provide some important context for the issues of the day. Ap...

Thursday, October 8, 2020

"Let my country awake"

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A few weeks ago, someone posted a video of the actor Martin Sheen reciting one of his favorite poems on the occasion of his 80th birthday....

Saturday, October 3, 2020

"It is a process, not a destination"

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If you were around during the 1980's, you probably remember a hit song by the British rock band, Dire Straits called "Industria...

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