Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last More Thoughts About Artificial Intelligence As interest around artificial intelligence’s potential builds, healthcare management teams must start grappling with questions on how this rapidly evolving technology might drive future organizational strategy. The path forward will require reading, learning, and experimentation. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Revisiting the Importance of Financial Planning Since the late 1980s, financial planning has been a core focus of Kaufman Hall’s work. A recent leadership change emphasized the importance of financial planning to the for-profit corporate world. It should be given similar priority in the not-for-profit hospital universe. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman National Hospital Flash Report: February 2024 A deeper dive into the numbers behind the numbers in Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report generates a nuanced story, with results that are relevant to setting long-term social health policy agenda and to the strategic management of complex provider organizations. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Don’t Let Your Hospital Be Boeing The problems with Boeing hold lessons for healthcare, an industry that—like aerospace—cannot afford to make mistakes. Hospital and health system leaders must build and maintain high reliability organizations. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Vision and Talent John Lynch was hired by the San Francisco 49ers in 2017 to turn the team around. The vision he created for the team holds important lessons for healthcare leaders working to acquire and retain the very best talent. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Leadership Theories of Coach John Wooden: “Be Quick—But Don’t Hurry” Former UCLA basketball coach John Gooden believed that quickness and a sense of urgency was absolutely necessary to winning in a competitive environment. But quickness must be accompanied by emotional and professional balance in order to achieve excellence. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Emotional IQ of Healthcare Leadership The hospital leadership issues that really matter right now center around the ability of hospital executives to possess and demonstrate an authentic emotional IQ to lead a diverse workforce in difficult circumstances. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Listening and Learning Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcare company. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But fighting back is the hospital job of the moment. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Hospital Strategy and Planning in Times of Financial Challenge During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Management of Labor in Trying Financial Circumstances C-suites across America are moving to stronger measures to assure the financial survivability and competitiveness of their organizations. Data and analysis suggest that reductions in force are among the measures being taken today. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Physician Employment Model, Continued Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page Last
More Thoughts About Artificial Intelligence As interest around artificial intelligence’s potential builds, healthcare management teams must start grappling with questions on how this rapidly evolving technology might drive future organizational strategy. The path forward will require reading, learning, and experimentation. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Revisiting the Importance of Financial Planning Since the late 1980s, financial planning has been a core focus of Kaufman Hall’s work. A recent leadership change emphasized the importance of financial planning to the for-profit corporate world. It should be given similar priority in the not-for-profit hospital universe. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
National Hospital Flash Report: February 2024 A deeper dive into the numbers behind the numbers in Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report generates a nuanced story, with results that are relevant to setting long-term social health policy agenda and to the strategic management of complex provider organizations. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Don’t Let Your Hospital Be Boeing The problems with Boeing hold lessons for healthcare, an industry that—like aerospace—cannot afford to make mistakes. Hospital and health system leaders must build and maintain high reliability organizations. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Vision and Talent John Lynch was hired by the San Francisco 49ers in 2017 to turn the team around. The vision he created for the team holds important lessons for healthcare leaders working to acquire and retain the very best talent. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Leadership Theories of Coach John Wooden: “Be Quick—But Don’t Hurry” Former UCLA basketball coach John Gooden believed that quickness and a sense of urgency was absolutely necessary to winning in a competitive environment. But quickness must be accompanied by emotional and professional balance in order to achieve excellence. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Emotional IQ of Healthcare Leadership The hospital leadership issues that really matter right now center around the ability of hospital executives to possess and demonstrate an authentic emotional IQ to lead a diverse workforce in difficult circumstances. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Listening and Learning Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcare company. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But fighting back is the hospital job of the moment. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Hospital Strategy and Planning in Times of Financial Challenge During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Management of Labor in Trying Financial Circumstances C-suites across America are moving to stronger measures to assure the financial survivability and competitiveness of their organizations. Data and analysis suggest that reductions in force are among the measures being taken today. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Physician Employment Model, Continued Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman