“At its best, leadership development is not an “event.” It’s a capacity-building endeavor. It’s a process of human growth and development.” - Linda Fisher Thornton

Topics: leadership development, rural healthcare, training, leadership training, eLearning

 "Uncontrolled variation is the enemy of quality." - W. Edwards Deming

Topics: healthcare, leadership development, Employee Engagement, improving results, Leadership skills, rural healthcare, culture change, standard work, leadership responsibilities, transformation

 "Change is the end result of all true learning."  ~ Leo Buscaglia

Topics: healthcare, leadership development, Leadership skills, New Leaders, training

 I have long been a fan of Stephen Covey’s work on writing your own mission statement and defining your purpose.  He asked us in his landmark work The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to begin with our end in mind. Mr Covey asked us to define our mission statement. I  have seen leaders all over this country of ours being led around by their calendars and whirlwind, and not by their purpose. It is extremely taxing on your personal resiliency when you cannot remember why you took your job in the first place! 

Topics: leadership, leadership development, resiliency, stress reduction

Lifelong learner. It's a trait of the most successful people. It's certainly a fallacy to believe that we can ever get to a point of knowing it all. 

Topics: healthcare, new leader, leadership development, lifelong learning

Positive, Pro-Active, Results-Oriented Leadership -- It could be yours in 2017! Follow this monthly challenge to take your leadership and results to new heights in the new year. Accept the challenge and .... Just Start!

Topics: leadership, leadership development, Positivity, improving results, Leadership skills, professional growth

“You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.” Abraham Maslow

Topics: leadership, new leader, leadership development, personal growth, professional growth

"Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a very mediocre commodity."

Topics: leadership, leadership development, Mentoring

"We can help a person to be himself by our own willingness to steep ourselves temporarily in his world, in his private feelings and experiences. By our affirmation of the person as he is, we give him support and strength to take the next step in his own growth." -Clark Moustakas

Topics: leadership, leadership development, Mentoring, Mentor

“Seek the truth or hide your head in the sand. Both require digging.” -Andrew Nolan

Topics: leadership, new leader, leadership development