by Barb Krantz Taylor | Apr 28, 2022
Many years ago, hospitals and health systems adopted the Dyad model, a partnership paradigm designed to allow physicians and administrators to bring their unique strengths and styles to their leadership within departments, clinics, practice groups, etc. With this...
by Barb Krantz Taylor | Feb 17, 2022
It’s been a while since I wrote about my leadership learnings from observing and living with my Australian Shepherds. This time, it’s my young dog, Sierra, who is my inspiration. We recently became “snowbirds”, taking a couple months out of the winter in...
by Barb Krantz Taylor | Jan 20, 2022
Many executive teams plan for the proverbial worst-case scenario that would occur if a key leader was “hit by a bus” or “won the lottery” and immediately retired before the next workday. (Note: one of my clients began using the phrase “Hit by the lottery” as a...
by Barb Krantz Taylor | Jan 6, 2022
I am not big on New year’s Resolutions, but I am big on leadership. As I reflect on my practice in 2021 and look ahead to 2022, here are my leadership resolutions Focus on health care leaders. I work with leaders in all industries and will continue to do so. ...
by Barb Krantz Taylor | Dec 16, 2021
A recent article in HBR (More on Being Generous without being a Doormat, February 22, 2021) writes about generosity at work. Adam Grant (the author of the article) has written a book Givers and Takers. It describes how the Takers are like “ball hogs” (taking credit,...
by Barb Krantz Taylor | Nov 11, 2021
For over 14 years, the University of St Thomas hosts an annual Future of Health Care conference. Attended by physician and administrative leaders from large health systems, single and multi-specialty clinics, researchers, and leaders from payer organizations, it is a...
