Excellence Advantage Inspirations
Quarterly Summary
Was there an article that you flagged to come back to? Or one that slipped by in your busy first quarter.
Here’s a recap of the recent articles. I have heard from many of you that these were some of your favorites.
Here’s to creating your unique excellence advantage, improving what you do and how you do it for the benefit of all those you serve.
Telehealth’s Gift to Rural Health
As we enter this period of fast-moving, rural health transformation work in all corners of the U.S., I am hopeful that systematic approaches will win out over fragmented efforts, so that together we improve care for all and strengthen our rural communities.
#ExcellenceAdvantage #RuralHealth
The Question Many Leaders Avoid (But Shouldn’t)
Your strategic plan lists priorities, but what will actually be different when you succeed? Without clarity, you can’t answer the most important question a leader faces: Are we achieving what we want (need!) to achieve?
Strategic clarity. Results that matter. Impact that lasts.
#ExcellenceAdvantage #Strategy
As we try to create an environment of improvement, many lose sight of this fundamental idea. Thinking measuring at the individual-level will ignite improvement; it often has the opposite effect.
#ExcellenceAdvantage #Improvement
Are You Delivering What Matters Most?
Many organization’s strategic approach is like a fire hose. What if instead planning was more like a funnel—narrowing in, with great intention, on the results that matter most!
In this article, I share:
- How to “slip in” meaningful measurement before you finalize your strategies
- A simple sequence that sharpens the focus
- Why activity-based measures keep you stuck
If you’re serious about closing the gap between your intentions and actual results, this approach may shed a light.
#ExcellenceAdvantage #MeaningfulMeasurement
The 3 Habits of Evidence-Based Leadership
Are you getting the results you need and want?
This article offers some ideas to consider to be a more intentional evidence-based leader.
#ExcellenceAdvantage #Results
Growing Leaders… for the Long Game
The organizations I admire most — the ones striving with real intention for continuous improvement — do not leave leadership development to chance.
They build systems for it – ones like I describe here for Leadership Effectiveness, and even Leadership Excellence. They sustain and support those systems year over year.
And in doing so, they build organizations that not only succeed today, but are genuinely equipped to thrive tomorrow and for years to come.
#ExcellenceAdvantage #Leadership
