Category: Leadership & Management

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. 

The career backgrounds of 3 CFOs recently hired for CEO roles

Several hospitals have recently appointed former CFOs to CEO roles. Here are the work histories of three recent CFO-to-CEO hires: 

Healthcare's newest C-suite roles

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented C-suite titles. 

Inside SSM Health's Wisconsin leadership realignment

In today’s healthcare environment, organizations are focused on making adjustments to ensure long-term success. This includes realigning leadership structures. 

Healthcare uppermost in voter minds but not necessarily politicians'

Voters may be restless over healthcare issues, but politicians, especially at the potential presidential level, aren’t paying enough attention, Paul Keckley writes in his latest report.