Andrew Grimm

There’s a phrase you’ll run into sometimes: “things happen."  I believe the phrase doesn’t start with, “things," but whatever the phrase usually starts with…you get my meaning. So, what do you do when “things” happen and you have...

“It’s never going to go away.” The words hung there.  They were true the way water is wet. I remember the air felt heavy and every minute felt like an eternity – life in slow motion. Back then, I always wanted a moment with this...

When I was in my early teens I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago with my Uncle Oz (Oscar Lubke).  As a former NFL player and All-American in college he stood at 6’4” tall with very broad shoulders, he was an executive for...

I see a lot of things on my daily drive to and from Warsaw. I've been pushed off the road by semis, I've seen accidents, I've hit a deer, at one point my sister-in-law and I saw a man with an aluminum foil hat... it's been a journey. This morning...

Effective leadership usually falls somewhere in a spectrum between the influence leader and the accountability leader.  The influence leader is one who will convince people to march with them. They excerpt control by getting people to do it with...

Leadership will pull you in a thousand different directions. It’s not like when you become a director or a vice president or a chief something that you suddenly have creative domain over everything you are responsible for. It doesn’t work that...

Leaders need to constantly listen.  That’s kind of funny when you think about it, too. A lot of people raise to leadership by stepping out in front, by volunteering, by showcasing they are the right person to do something – very few find a...

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I’ve found five core things that determine if a leader will be successful long-term. I hope I demonstrate all five, the fact that I’m always working on it and never self-assured I’ve arrived is probably a good thing....

Healthcare, as well as IT, has been in an always-changing state for a long time – making my life (as the head of IT in a health system) always interesting and never settled.  I would argue that these days the world is changing rapidly, not...