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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Where Can a Doctor Still be a Healthcare Professional?
Physicians face increasing pressure to sell services and churn patients – partly to pay off their loans for medical school, partly to pay for malpractice insurance, partly to cover their administrative overhead, and partly to earn the financial rewards of … Continue reading
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The Love in Leadership
Among the first and worst leadership advice I ever received was:
“When you are promoted into leadership, your relationship changes: you can no longer be friends with your team (your followers.) You will have to keep your distance so you can make good decisions.”
In almost the same breath new leaders are counseled on the importance of building trusting relationships with their followers. The message is that people will not follow you unless they trust you. They won’t take risks, they won’t defer their own judgment to yours, and they won’t allow you to influence them. All of this is true. So, what then is the basis of that trust?
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Do Frank Conversations Hurt Your Career?
It seems to me that entering frank conversations with peers, employees, and superiors can hurt your career. That’s too bad because honest frank conversations are more than important for success; they are required. The gate to success is marked “Courage to Deal with Reality Required; No Ostriches Allowed.” Continue reading
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