Disaster planning, response and recovery demand C-Suite involvement
Healthcare facilities cope with natural and manmade disasters ranging from mass shootings and infectious disease outbreaks, to hurricanes, blizzards and data breaches. It’s why C-Suite executives must engage in disaster prevention, planning, response and recovery, according to Fierce Healthcare (http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals/emergency-prep-role-c-suite-during-a-disaster). A November 2016 survey of more than 400 IT professionals from data protection firm Zetta (http://www.zetta.net/resource/state-disaster-recovery-2016) offers reasons […]
Is Your C-Suite Turnover Proof?
CEO turnover is on the upswing, according to the latest turnover study from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Turnover ranged between 14 and 18 percent in the 10 years between 2002 and 2012 (http://www.ache.org/pubs/Releases/2014/hospital_ceo_turnover_rate14.cfm), but surged to 20 percent in 2013—a record high, according to ACHE (http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/hospital-ceo-turnover-hits-record-high.html). The entire healthcare C-Suite faces turnover. Executives […]
From Healthcare CHRO to CEO: Can It Happen?
This is the third in a series of four posts on the priorities of the healthcare chief human resources officer (CHRO). Chief human resources officers (CHROs) are already valued members of the healthcare C-Suite. But do CHROs have the knowledge, skill and experience to become chief executive officers (CEOs) of hospitals, health systems, academic medical […]
Closing the Health Care Talent Gap
This is the second in a series of posts focused on the priorities of healthcare of chief human resources executives (CHROs). Volatility, uncertainly and complexity are healthcare’s new normal as the industry shifts its focus from volume, fee-for-service and inpatient care, to value-based, accountable care, engagement and population health management. Healthcare organizations (HCOs) have launched […]
Healthcare CHROs—Carving Pathways to Workforce Engagement
This is the first in a series of four posts on the priorities of the healthcare chief human resources officer (CHRO). Employee engagement is a vital strategy for any organization that seeks to achieve success, according to the Gallup organization, which has measured employee engagement since 2000. Engaging healthcare employees, clinicians, managers, executives and board members is […]
Women in the Healthcare C-Suite: Key to Financial Success?
Companies with women in high-level leadership positions are more profitable, according to a 2016 survey from the Peterson Institute for International Economics (http://www.iie.com) and EY (http://www.ey.com). Survey data carry a serious message for healthcare leaders—especially in light of the discouraging statistics on compensation of male and female chief information officers (CIOs) reported by the Health […]
Driving Healthcare Innovation with Teams
The healthcare industry is missing an opportunity to cultivate innovations “that are modest in size, low in risk and highly likely to deliver wins for both patients and profits,” according to a March 2016 article in Harvard Business Review (https://hbr.org/2016/03/the-best-way-to-improve-health-care-delivery-is-with-a-small-dedicated-team). The answer resides in the creation of “small but full-time clinical teams that are commissioned […]
Leading into the Future: C-Suites and Boards Must Build Learning Cultures
What will it take for senior healthcare executives to lead healthcare organizations (HCOs) to 2020 and beyond? The answer rests in executive development grounded in an enterprise-wide approach to the acquisition and application of knowledge, skill, competence and leadership savvy. While executive search consultants still debate the requirements for healthcare C-Suite and board success, they […]
2016 Healthcare Executive Imperative: Lead across Generations in a Multigenerational World
Healthcare organizations (HCOs) deliver care to increasingly diverse patient and consumer populations. With long-standing, public commitments to diversity and inclusion, these HCOs increasingly recruit, retain and engage people who represent differences in ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation and age. Healthcare executives, employees and clinicians, for example, can easily represent up to five generations, including the […]
Do You Qualify as an Exceptional Healthcare Leader? Part II
The exceptional healthcare C-Suite and board leader is in high demand. Healthcare organizations across the continuum of care seek leaders who reach far beyond the requirements of a senior executive roles stated within formal position descriptions. Increasingly, hiring organizations ask C-Suite candidates to share stories related to the leadership traits discussed in Part I of […]