Entries by StrategyDriven

Healthcare Mergers: An Emerging Crisis

Advocates of the president’s health care reform package have expressed alarm over a wave of mergers spurred by the new law. Johns Hopkins Medicine, for instance, is snapping up hospitals in the Washington, D.C.-area, a move it describes as “driven largely by health care reform, which demands an integrated regional network.” Johns Hopkins is not […]

Leadership Inspirations – Issuing Orders

“It doesn’t take much talent to issue orders. It does take continued discipline to study the variety of people you are leading in order to understand what it take to motivate them – and to inspire them to do their very best to make the company and themselves a success.” J. Fred Bucy Director, Intrusion, […]

StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 5a – Relational Leadership: The Building Blocks of Trust, part 1 of 2

StrategyDriven Leadership Conversations focus on the values and behaviors characteristic of highly effective leaders. Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a […]

The Future of Business Is Social: Seven Principles That Lead to Social Success and the Companies Already Getting Them Right

More and more, companies are realizing the revenue-driving value of connecting socially and collaboratively with their customers. Social Nation sets forth the foundations for this new way of doing business. Let’s face it: The business world is changing. Rapidly. While the object of the game is still to drive revenue, the methods have changed. Instead […]

New Tool Release – Value of Employee Productivity

StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to announce the release of Diversity and Inclusion – Value of Employee Productivity. Loss of productivity costs resulting from acts of incivility and poor managerial behavior are staggering and yet goes largely unrecognized. There is no financial statement line item, no general ledger entry, and no budget explicitly set aside for […]