By Iyda Antony Major events that threaten our socioeconomic, emotional, and physical well-being are often attributed to divorce, death of a loved one, job loss, retirement or being diagnosed with a major illness. The recent uptick in mergers and acquisitions impacting...
Podcast | Dr. Stephen M. Shortell on Authentic Leadership
Dr. Stephen M. Shortell, MPH, MBA, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health where he has held the Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professorship in Health Policy and Management. His expertise...
Podcast | Dr. Tyler Hill Talks Authentic Leadership
Moderated by Michael O’Connell CAHL strives to offer thought-provoking insights and perspectives from healthcare leaders in its geography. Today, we will be speaking with Dr Tyler Hill. He is the chief medical officer at CommonSpirit’s Sierra Nevada Memorial...
Podcast | Nick Drews Talks Authentic Leadership
Nick Drews, Director of the County of San Luis Obispo Health Agency, sat down with past CAHL president Michael O’Connell to discuss what it means to be an authentic leader in the agricultural mecca in Southern California. Listen to the full podcast on CAHL’s YouTube...
Organizational Culture: The North Star in Healthcare
By Christianna Kearns Culture is defined as a set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an organization. It’s bigger than just a set of ideals; it’s how we are seen in the community and the relationships we build by connecting with...
Embracing Uncertainty: Healthcare Leadership in the AI Era
By Bridget K. Burke Within 10 years, AI may be able to do “80% of 80% of all jobs that we know of today,” venture capitalist and early OpenAI backer Vinod Khosla boldly told the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in October 2023. On the more conservative end...
Crafting Your Destiny in a Post-Covid Era – Lessons from Avatar: The Last Airbender
By Priscilla Knolle, MBBS, MAT, FACHE The COVID-19 pandemic created a change in basic assumptions on a global scale, necessitating renewed reconciliation with the uncertainties of life, disrupting prevalent inequities, self-transformation through seizing inner power...
Promoting a Culture of Safety: A Crisis Communication Initiative
By Yurlene S. Dela Cruz I had the privilege to be a Project Creator of a Black Belt Process Improvement initiative on “Crisis Communication.” As a Lean Leader, I focused from a strategic perspective supporting the values of the High Reliability Organization (HRO)....
Strategic Leadership in Healthcare: Addressing Growth, Modernization, and Workforce Challenges
By Abraham Cicchetti The healthcare industry is undergoing a period of unprecedented change, driven by rapid growth, technological advancements, and evolving workforce dynamics. Healthcare leaders are at the forefront of managing these challenges, necessitating...
Being an Authentic Leader and a Call to Action
by Michael O'Connell Authentic – that’s Merriam Webster’s 2023 Word of the Year. It’s a relevant word for CAHL as leaders coming out of a pandemic and dealing with many healthcare issues, including employee strikes, artificial intelligence, ransomware hacks, ghosting,...