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, November 28, 2024

Thanksgiving

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Today, many of us here in the United States will be celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends. There are many traditions associated ...

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

"The Art of Action"

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I recently finished an incredible book by the British historian, management consultant, leadership expert, and author Stephen Bungay called...

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

"Unstoppable Dreams"

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There's a great commercial out right now for Honda called "Unstoppable Dreams" . It's narrated by the American actor and ...

Sunday, November 24, 2024

"Subtract first, then multiply"

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I've talked about the Eisenhower Matrix , which was first described by the author Stephen Covey ( The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopl...

Friday, November 22, 2024

How do we define "reliability"?

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I wanted to build upon the theme from last month on High Reliability Organizations . How do we know when an organization may be legitimatel...

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The Swing Route

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My wife and I watched the new Netflix movie Lonely Planet , starring Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth the other night. Dern plays a novelist...

Monday, November 18, 2024

No risk, no leadership

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I read a great article by Darren Walker , who is soon to be the retired President of the Ford Foundation , in The New York Times , "The...

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