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The CMO-CNO relationship is key to healthcare success, uniting distinct expertise to improve culture, safety, and outcomes. Built on respect and collaboration, strong partnerships enhance teamwork, accountability, and patient care, despite structural...

This article explores a leadership framework for tackling future healthcare crises, emphasizing trust, communication, adaptability, and decision-making to address challenges like misinformation, cyber threats, and climate change.

This project improved HCC documentation accuracy by educating clinicians on VBC, RAF scores, and coding, using leaderboards and nonmonetary incentives to foster a culture valuing accurate documentation, chronic care management, and resource alignment...

August 20, 2026

What if the company you’re leading isn’t the one you think it is? Most companies operate as two organizations: the polished version executives see in dashboards and boardrooms, and the messier, more revealing reality lived by employees.

July 9, 2026

As careers lengthen into people’s 70s and beyond, many organizations are discovering that their most experienced midcareer employees are burning out just as they enter their most critical leadership years.

July 6, 2026

In a dematerializing economy—where value has shifted from physical assets to intangibles such as data, software, and capabilities—traditional strategy frameworks no longer provide enough guidance. Organizations need a clear center: a single, coherent...

June 29, 2026

Global companies often default to an HQ-satellite model in which strategy is shaped less by market insight than by who is present when decisions are framed—an imbalance amplified by time zones and asynchronous discussion. Drawing on a 15-month study ...

June 18, 2026

Most people try to keep work and friendship in separate boxes, but that division is counterproductive. Professionals now spend more time with colleagues than with anyone else, and strong personal ties at work are directly linked to trust, learning, c...

June 15, 2026

Physicians, like many professionals, face job insecurity in today’s dynamic healthcare environment. Recognizing early warning signs of impending job termination — such as shifts in management behavior, changes in workload, company-wide restructuring,...

Healthcare faces growing scope overlap among clinicians, shifting from competition to "coopetition." Physician leadership is vital to navigate this complex collaboration.

May 12, 2026

Healthcare leaders must address noncompliance with guidelines through respectful dialogue, transparency, and teamwork to ensure patient safety, uphold standards, and drive positive change.

The author shares her journey to becoming CMO, tackling negotiation, gender bias, and career growth, emphasizing preparation, strategy, and collaboration.

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