Category: Leadership & Management

Big companies crave healthcare-savvy CEOs

The past few years have shown major corporations both need and increasingly crave leaders with two things: visionary healthcare leadership and track records for getting things done. The pool of talent that fits the twofold bill is not especially large.

Managers eye the exit

Managers play a crucial role in their organizations — strong middle leadership is linked to positive outcomes, from improved financial performance to talent development. But the pressure to provide stability is taking a toll, according to recent resear…

'It's like conducting an orchestra': Catholic Health's new CEO on leadership post-pandemic

Joyce Markiewicz, RN, became the fifth president and CEO in Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health’s 25-year history Sept. 1, and she brings a wealth of experience to her new role.

Is rudeness here to stay?

A spike in rude behavior emerged as one of the pandemic’s many societal consequences and has not receded alongside the public health crisis. 

Highmark CEO mandates hybrid schedule for some employees

Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health will soon require about 9,000 more workers to spend a portion of the week in-office, CEO David Holmberg told Patriot-News. 

Warren Buffett on management, boards + CEOs

Warren Buffett celebrated his 93rd birthday Aug. 30. For 45 of those years, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has penned letters to shareholders, many of which contain his thoughts on boards, CEOs and management.

What defines a CEO's legacy?

CEO exits at hospitals are up year over year, and CEOs’ tenures are shrinking at S&P 500 companies. However, some of healthcare’s longest-tenured CEOs told Becker’s they remain at their organizations and focused on how their teams are helping to ensure…

Fighting back is the 'hospital job of the moment,' Kaufman Hall says

Culture may eat strategy for breakfast, as per management consultant Peter Drucker, but that may not be the case for now in healthcare, where leaders should be looking for planning aligned with vision issues, according to an Aug. 30 Kaufman Hall blog p…

The broken cash register

I went to the hospital cafeteria yesterday to grab a quick bite to eat for the first time since I arrived eight hours ago. As I’m standing in line, I notice that the very pleasant cashier – let’s call him Joe – is nimbly navigating between three differ…

6 ways systems find CEO successors

CEO exits are at a 21-year high. Coupled with a substantial number of executive retirements, many hospitals and health systems are looking to select their next in line.