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.

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Tom Brady on Leadership

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I've written a lot in this blog about (1) how much I don't like the New England Patriots and (2) how impressed I've always been ...

Friday, September 27, 2024

Fix the environment, not the people...

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I've mentioned the leadership consultant, author, and retired U.S. Navy Captain David Marquet and his book, Turn the Ship Around , in t...

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Things Aren't Always What They Seem...

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There's a scene from the first Star Wars movie (now known as Episode IV - A New Hope ) in which Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi tells a youn...

Monday, September 23, 2024

Friction and Leadership

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The 19th century Prussian general and military strategist Carl von Clausewitz is perhaps best known for his book On War , a primer on milit...

Friday, September 20, 2024

The Swoosh

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Legendary New York Yankees manager, Casey Stengel (Stengel was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame largely due to his managerial stint wit...

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Interesting Times

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Last week was the 23rd Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which forever changed our world. I know it changed me forever. To this day, I vivi...

Monday, September 16, 2024

"Football is Life!"

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I am somewhat conflicted about the result of at least one college football game this past weekend. Our family can legitimately claim ties t...

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