Voices

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...

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...

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...

I had this guy I used to work with probably a decade or so ago who used to say “make it a great day” all the time. It was even in the closing of his emails; it was something he did with great intention. I was curious about it, so I made...

I was in my early-to-mid 30’s when I was trusted with the top spot for IT in my former employer, a healthcare system, and I was 38 when I was named vice president for my current health system.  I worked hard...