Most organizations have some level of a leader development program; few are truly pleased with the investment or outcome. Companies develop leaders for one reason: for their business to succeed. This commonsense perspective and operational focus make our leadership development approach unique. The one-size-fits-all model of most corporate leader development training – while efficient to deliver […]
Full story »Offset Strategy in Healthcare
The Army and healthcare systems actually have a lot in common, at least organizationally. They share many of the same characteristics – labor intensive organizations facing life of death decisions, they place a premium on repeatable processes, performed by cross trained crews … and conversely on the other side of the ledger each can be […]
Full story »Preparing Your Organization for Artificial Intelligence and Technology Adoption
AI and machine learning proliferate the news. Predictions about breakthroughs in multiple fields such as radiology and diagnostics abound. If you accept the central thesis behind Moore’s Law and that exponential improvements in price, size, speed and capability of technology will continue – combined with the knowledge that we’ve been on this path for over […]
Full story »Work Force Management Design – A Case Study
This 500-bed urban hospital, located in Florida, was challenged to control staffing costs through seasonal patient volumes fluctuations. During the surge season, agency staff and significant overtime frequently inflated costs while flexing down in the slow seasons fell short of fully adapting to lower volumes. Bench-marking indicated a labor opportunity of $5.5M spread across the […]
Full story »Achieving Organization Agility Through Decision Rights and Governance
Proper organizational structure is one of the most critical enablers to any successful strategy implementation – but it is only one part. Clarity in decisions rights – who gets to decide what – and the governance processesthat support those decision rights – are fundamental to nimble executive management and allowing the organization structure and strategy implementation to work […]
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