“For better and worse, culture and leadership are inextricably linked,” reports the Harvard Business Review, echoing the old adage: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. In healthcare organizations, culture is either a liability or advantage. Astute leaders proactively shape the kind of culture that ensures strong clinical and financial outcomes. With that in mind, we explored...Read More

Culture permeates all your organization produces. Whatever your culture prioritizes (or neglects) inevitably shows up in clinical, financial and satisfaction outcomes. All organizations have a culture, of course, but is it a good one? We’ve recently covered the people aspect of building a strong culture (see part 1). In this follow-up post, we’ll focus on...Read More

We have a belief at MEDI Leadership: culture eats strategy for lunch. You may consider this quote from Peter Drecker overused, but most likely you sense some truth in it. If you’re not sure you agree with Mr. Drecker’s statement, consider the strategies that exist throughout hospitals today. Some of the best minds have created...Read More

Many effective leaders are very good at identifying their vision, goals, and strategy for their organization.  Next, they set out to design an organizational structure that will help drive their strategy.  However, what is often overlooked is that a negative culture can make it nearly impossible to implement an excellent strategy. Although an organizational strategy...Read More