In today’s video segment, Chris Van Gorder talks about the 3 major themes of what he calls front-line leadership—the focus of his book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up. Click to watch!

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We asked Mark Dixon, a senior healthcare executive with over 30 years of leadership experience, for his perspective on what the most important strategies are for long-term success as a healthcare leader—personally, professionally, and organizationally. Dixon, a former hospital CEO and current president of The Mark Dixon Group, LLC, graciously offered his perspectives and advice. Click to read!

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In today’s interview segment Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder explains the impetus behind writing his book, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up, and how the book finally came about. Click to watch!

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Today’s video segment from the interview with Chris Van Gorder, FACHE, is a two-part segment where he discusses the leadership habits that have most contributed to his success. Click to watch!

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We are very pleased to release the first video segment from the excellent interview with Chris Van Gorder, FACHE. Van Gorder is a highly successful leader and health system CEO, with a lot of wisdom earned over the years—which he graciously shares with AHL members in this interview. To kick off this month’s interview segments, we are starting with some of Van Gorder’s career advice for aspiring healthcare leaders. Click to watch the video.

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This is a brief introduction to one of America’s top healthcare leaders, Chris Van Gorder, FACHE, who is the president & CEO of Scripps Health in San Diego, California. AHL founder and CEO Dan Nielsen’s in-depth interview with Van Gorder will be featured via video segments over the next few weeks. Click to read more.

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Dan Nielsen is the Founder and CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders (AHL). His leadership experience and background includes 15 years as the CEO of Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center, and 14 years as VHA’s VP of Education and Networking. Click to learn more about Dan.

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Tim Bugg, the president and CEO of Capstone Health Alliance, loves his job and his team. And with two decades of leadership experience under his belt, he has learned a thing or two about being a leader. During an hour-long, in-depth interview, Bugg shared about the six values that have most positively impacted his life

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Tim Bugg, president and CEO of Capstone Health Alliance, has come a long way in his career—without having to go a long way from home. Headquartered in Bugg’s very own hometown of Asheville, North Carolina, the newly formed subsidiary of WNC Health Network is a regional GPO currently serving more than a dozen states and representing over 150

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Brian Taylor started his career in healthcare more than four decades ago, working as a sales rep for Welch Allyn. He later became a regional manager with the same company, and then in 1983 he started an independent rep firm, selling products through distributors throughout the southeast. In 1993 Taylor and his partner, Chris Kelly,

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Mark West, president of SharedClarity, is relatively new to healthcare, starting in the industry in 2005. However, while he may be somewhat new to the healthcare industry, he has a strong background in developing and implementing high-performing procurement and supply chain organizations. SharedClarity, a startup for which West gained approval from the Board of Managers

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“Well, culture takes care of the problems.” This was Bob Simpson’s response during an in-depth interview when questioned about why his organization’s highest priorities are culture-based, not problem-based. As president and CEO of LeeSar and Cooperative Services of Florida, Simpson sees firsthand every day how important company culture is to the ongoing success of the

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