12 Commitments to Make to Achieve Success
Stacey McCreery, president of ROI Search Group LLC, writes about the 12 commitments that have guided her in starting her own company and helped her achieve success.
Why Emotional Intelligence is More Important Than IQ
Shanna Hanson, Human Arc's manager of business knowledge, reviews the book, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Is More Important Than IQ and How You Can Improve Yours. Author Allan Goldman takes readers through a step-by-step explanation that begins with what emotional intelligence is and how to enhance it.
Making It OK: Insurer Helps Take the Stigma out of Mental Illness
Donna Zimmerman of HealthPartners discusses the health system’s campaign to take the stigma out of mental illness through empowerment and awareness.
A New Approach to Support Staffing in Physician Practices
Organizations should adapt support-staffing levels for physician practices using a comprehensive approach, including a variety of factors such as provider mix, productivity, and the level of patient access.
How One Florida Healthcare Organization Tackled Recruitment Challenges and Saved $3M
Health First exceeded its goals for improving new hire retention rates and satisfaction, resulting in significant cost savings and happier hiring managers.
Medical Trainees Learn to Recognize Clinical Overuse
Brandon Combs says a voluntary writing exercise at University of Colorado School of Medicine helps medical trainees reflect on patient harms arising from clinical overuse.
‘Security’ is Being Prepared for Career Opportunities
Kari Cornicelli, vice president and CFO for Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus in San Diego, writes about finding security by creating opportunities for yourself. Some of the challenges you may be facing now can lead you down a path of opportunity that you hadn't previously considered.
5 Steps to Overcoming Your Fears
HFMA Career Coach Joe Abel looks at what holds people back from pursuing new career opportunities, and he walks through five steps that can help eliminate fears to help you move forward.
Confronting Your Fear is the Key to Living a Meaningful Life
About 30 years ago, a concerned friend gave Hilda Villaverde, PhD, a book that improved her life: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers. She writes about how the book served as her personal wake-up call to examine what was meaningful in her life.
Success is About Scaling the Wall in Front of You
Christina Caraballo, senior healthcare strategist for Get Real Health, shares how the sport of parkour has helped her scale walls of opposition in her personal and professional life to help her reach new heights.