What To Do When Your CEO Acts Unethically

There may be some things that don’t make you feel good about where you work right now.

You may have seen things that are questionable in terms of ethics.

You’ve tried to say something about it, but it’s fallen on deaf ears.

Now you’re feeling that you may be complicit in bad behavior.

You’re not sure what to do.

We’ve all been in organizations where leadership has made a decision that we don’t agree with.

They’ve done something that doesn’t seem to be ethical.

Maybe it’s not in the best interest of the patient or the employees.

You’ll have all kinds of problems if you don’t address issues around ethics.

You’ve got to step up and do something about it.

Why You Should Care About Diversity

You lack diversity on your leadership team.

You don’t have enough underrepresented minorities on your leadership team.

You don’t have enough of them around the table when you’re making decisions.

In healthcare, all across the country, the leadership of hospitals and healthcare organizations don’t reflect the diversity of the patients that they serve.

Women make up 78% of employees at healthcare organizations yet there are barely 22% in a leadership role above chief nursing officer.

There are many challenges in organizations with gender diversity.

It’s even more complex when it comes to underrepresented minorities.

African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities make up 50% of the patient population at most hospitals, but less than 9% of executives around the board table.

You have a diversity problem in your organization.

You’ve got to find a way to fix it.

How To Survive A Merger

Many organizations are going through change right now.

Some of the largest hospitals and health systems in the country are being acquired by other health systems.

They’re going through mergers and restructuring.

They’re being bought out.

There are consolidations.

When these consolidations happen, your job is at risk.

There may be three people in your position and only room for one of you around the executive table.

So the question is, if you’re going through a merger, how do you survive it?

How To Lead Your Team Through Crisis

There’s an old phrase that says, “During tough times, tough people last well.”  I know in the middle of a crisis, it’s hard to be focused on toughness.   You’re just trying to get through it.   Your team is trying to get through it.   Crises are very hard times for any organization, particularly for teams of […]

How To Keep Your Team From Burning Out

The healthcare industry is going through a radical transformation.

Sometimes, change is hard for people in healthcare.

It creates very difficult times.

Tough times make it difficult for your team.

Especially when there’s a health crisis or a pandemic like COVID-19 that puts everything at a standstill.

But your team still has to come to work every day.

Your team has to put their life on the front line.

Your team needs to be prepared and equipped to do the job.

There’s a lot of death.

We often forget that these challenges have an impact on our team.

Tough times are hard, even on tough people.

Here are a couple things that you can do to help your team manage during these tough times so that they don’t burnout.

What Are You Doing To Build A World-Class Digital Culture?

Healthcare workers are immediately in a position where they can be bitter.

You spend your entire day pouring your time and attention into saving someone else’s life while your own life could be falling apart.

I know it’s hard, but your team needs you to stand up for them.

They need you to fight for them.

Create an environment that is not toxic for them.

That requires you to understand how to build a world-class culture.

Build a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, included and like they can bring their best self to work every day.

Build a culture where they feel that they can make a difference and not have to deal with all of the mess.

Your responsibility is to take those burdens away so they can focus on the important parts of the job.

What are you doing to build that culture?

How To Fix The Issues Of Working Remotely

Every organization is struggling with the same thing.

We’ve been thrust into a remote workplace environment.

Many organizations were not prepared to deal with a remote workplace culture.

It leads to significant leadership challenges.

But the biggest thing that is happening is the organization’s culture is being destroyed.

Whatever culture you have built to keep people engaged, motivated and keep your business moving in the right direction, you’re losing it.

This hurts productivity.

That’s why it’s important for you to learn what it takes to be a great digital leader.

Here is how you can build a world-class digital culture and become a phenomenal digital leader.

How To Protect Your Personal Brand

The most important thing as a leader in your organization is your personal brand.

What do you stand for?

What are your values?

If someone says your name, what are the first three words that come to their mind?

What do they know you will do above all else?

What do they know you will never do?

Many times, when we get attached to an organization, our personal brand can get lost in the organization’s brand.

It becomes a reflection on us and not the other way around.

Your personal brand is everything.

When you have a bad personal brand, it will reflect long beyond your current position.

So, you must make sure your brand reflects positively.

To protect your personal brand, here are a few things you need to do every day.

Leading Your Team After Layoffs

You don’t want to lose good team members.

You don’t want to lose good people.

But sometimes the environment makes this impossible.

So as a senior leader, you have to lay people off.

This is the reality.

The people who are still in the organization are hurting.

They had lunch with people who are no longer there.

Your team is grieving.

It’s never a good feeling when you downsize.

You’ve got to find a way to help your team bounce back after a layoff.

This is how I would advise you to bounce back.

How To Fix A Huge Mistake

You’re not perfect.   Even if you think you’re perfect, you’re not perfect.   Every day we make mistakes.   Every day we do something that ends up hurting someone else.   Most times this is unintentional.   Nobody seeks out to go make a mistake.  We want to be perfect.   We strive for perfection.   We work hard to be better […]