Category: Leadership & Management

Female executives are more likely to focus on customer relationships, thus bettering their company’s financial performance according to a recent study published in the Journal of Marketing. 

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Sept. 2.

Many Americans have lost trust in the healthcare system, but organizations can take steps to gain it back, according to Richard Isaacs, MD, CEO and executive director of Oakland, Calif.-based Permanente Medical Group. 

CHI Memorial Foundation, the fundraising arm of CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., has named five members to its board of directors. 

Masculine job titles such as chairman, alderman and councilman contribute to assumptions about the titleholder’s gender, according to a study published in The Leadership Quarterly. 

Jeanette Filpi was CEO of Pioneer Community Hospital in Stuart, Va., when it declared bankruptcy in 2017. Now, she is director of development for a team that plans to reopen it, Cardinal News reported Sept. 8. 

Below are seven hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking vice presidents. 

A new hospital board is being proposed as Orangeburg, S.C.-based Regional Medical Center is planning a partnership with Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina, The Times and Democrat reported Sept. 6.

Cris Rivera, CEO of Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas, has experience breaking down barriers.

Saying “female CEO” instead of simply “CEO” perpetuates the idea that women in the C-suite are outliers, according to a Sept. 6 article in Forbes by Saundra Pelletier, CEO of Evofem Biosciences, a company that specializes in women’s healthcare.