The Leader’s Role in Employee/Team Motivation. Dan Nielsen, Founder/CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders asked Gen Guanci about the leaders role in terms of employee and team motivation. Guanci says you can’t force motivation. You can put structures and processes in place to make someone want to do a good job, but that motivation comes from

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In a recent interview with Gen Guanci, Dan Nielsen, Founder/CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders asked Guanci to explain the phrase “What would you do if you were me?”. Guanci describes that leaders can’t possibly know the answer to everything. She further says that the best ideas many times come from those who have to operationalize

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In a recent video interview Dan Nielsen, Founder/CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders asked Gen Guanci, Consultant for Creative HealthCare Management to talk about employee empowerment. Gen shares that employees want to do a great job so we need to allow them that opportunity. Don’t micromanage, she says… if they come up with the solutions they

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In this video segment Gen Guanci, Consultant for Creative HealthCare Management, discusses the difference between recognition and appreciation. Guanci shares that both are possible in the same conversation with a few changes in vocabulary. What you say and how you say it is so important, and the impact can and most likely will be huge.

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It’s important to consider how you really feel about your employees. Are they an asset with a means to the bottom line, or are they your most valuable asset? Or do you see them some other way? Watch this 2-minute video to understand Gen Guanci’s perspective.

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Gen Guanci is a registered nurse with over 40 years of experience. Gen currently works for Creative HealthCare Management (CHCM) in Minneapolis to help healthcare organizations improve quality, safety, patient experience, staff engagement and much more. CHCM works with organizations who strive for Baldrige recognition, and this 2-minute video sets the stage for a series

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Dan Neufelder, Founder and CEO of Neufelder Consulting Group shares with Dan Nielsen, Founder and CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders that healthcare leaders should NOT WAIT! Neufelder goes on to explain that leaders should NOT WAIT for the next generation of leaders to lead the effort in changing US healthcare. Click on the video above

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In this video segment Dan Nielsen, Founder and CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders, talks to Nate Kaufman, Managing Director of Kaufman Strategic Advisors LLC, about the characteristics Kaufman observes among the executives with whom he comes in contact in his work. With the many people whom Kaufman comes in contact, he notes the following: Base

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These interview segments were originally posted in January of 2017, but they are full of great advice and worth revisiting. In today’s featured segments, Mark Solazzo, EVP and COO for Northwell Health, offers advice in two different areas: work-life balance and habits for success. Like many leaders interviewed for America’s Healthcare Leaders, Solazzo recognizes the importance of

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Dan Nielsen, Founder and CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders talks with Bruce Lawrence, (retired) CEO of INTEGRIS about the things Lawrence believes attributes to the success of the people in his organization. Lawrence talks about the importance of “Team.” You have to build a strong team… one that has  good chemistry and with those who are

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Dan Nielsen, Founder and CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders, asks Bruce Lawrence, retired CEO of INTEGRIS Health about what are the most important contributions he feels he has made to the organizations and communities in which he has served. Lawrence has always worked hard to continue the mission of the organizations he has served as

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Bruce Lawrence retired at the end of 2018 as the CEO of INTEGRIS Health.  Dan Nielsen, Founder and CEO of America’s Healthcare Leaders, had the opportunity to interview Bruce just prior to his retirement. Nielsen asked Lawrence what has been most meaningful to him through the course of his career. Lawrence shared that all 37

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