By: Kriss Barlow, RN MBA I think a lot about how to help people feel good about change. Most often, organizations bring in a consultant, like me, to help them make a change internally, such as initiating a new program or growing the staff’s skills. Perhaps it goes...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA This time of year signals the time to start planting, at least here in the north central states. Gardening is a wonderful journey really, placing small seeds in the ground, anticipating a bounty of blooms in late summer. Seeds only grow,...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA We’ve all met them… those individuals that just create a connection. We are drawn to them because conversation is so comfortable and the interview leaves us feeling so positive. Is that enough to say, “Let’s hire this person for our physician...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Are you a trend setter? Thinking of myself as a trend setter in my personal life- like fashion- is beyond laughable. Clearly, that is not this blog’s direction. I was really thinking about trend setters in our business world. I think...
By: Betsy Finkelmeier, RN, MBA “First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” — Aristotle If there is...
By: Susan Boydell“Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.” — Bill Gates“I would love to use you, but you just make it too difficult.” I’m guessing that all of you have heard that at least once, and some of...
