Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership

Join in today for a short and powerful episode on 7 leadership strategies to strengthen healthcare workforce recruitment, retention, and sustainability.  Send us Fan Mail

Listen in today on Higher Ground's 777: 7 tips on the utilization and implementation of AI tools in radiology departments (as an example) for adding value under the pillars of excellence: People, Quality, Safety, Finance, & Growth. Send us Fan Mail

Listen in today, and welcome back to the show, special guest, Josh Block, President of Block Imaging, author of People Matter@Work, and founder of Cube Mobile Imaging. No matter how big they've grown, the company hasn't drifted from its roots--people first, purpose always. That simple conviction continues to guide every decision and relationship, reminding leaders that when people flouri...

Welcome to Higher Ground's 777: 7 tips, in 7 minutes or less, with these seven letters that spell success. On today's episode, we'll be discussing SBEAR - a communication tool that takes SBAR (situation-background-assessment-recommendation) and adds equity to the mix. As a new or emerging leader, clear communication is essential to success, and by adding the E to SBAR, we ensure we...

Listen in today with special guest Josh Block. As President of Block Imaging, a global medical imaging company, and founder of Cube Mobile Imaging, Josh leads with a simple but radical conviction: when people matter at work, everything changes--businesses grow, families thrive, and lives are transformed. His message is shaped not by theory, but by three decades of rolling up his sleeves across eve...

Join in today with a discussion on lean strategies, processes, and implementations for success with Valdez Bravo. A lifelong public servant with over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Valdez serves as Deputy Director of Operations at the Multnomah County Health Department. His insights, vision, and recommendations will add value for your patients, your teams, and your communities.  Send us Fan...

Listen in today on skills, strategies, insights, and action steps on becoming a great mentor. Mentorship should be intentional, purposeful, consistent, and psychologically safe to foster growth and understanding in those we are guiding. This comes with great responsibility as we help shape, mold, and sustain the next generation of leaders.  Send us Fan Mail

Join today with special guest Miranda Kelton to learn strategies, skills, and insights for building your personal brand for individuals and businesses.  Miranda Kelton is a Headshot & Branding Photographer based in Bend, Oregon. Through her work, Miranda has helped professionals across the West Coast showcase their expertise, connect with their audiences, and stand out in their industries. As...

Join us today as we discuss building resilient, strong, and robust teams through times of intense change and disruption.  Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn strategies, initiatives, and tools for building high reliable departments and organizations, specifically designed for new and emerging leaders.  Send us Fan Mail

Join us today with special guest Eddy Maillot as he shares practical skills, strategies, and insights into what it truly means to be a servant leader. Eddy has built a distinguished career in healthcare leadership across the American West, the Appalachian region of North Carolina, and the Midwest. He holds a Master of Physical Therapy from Loma Linda University and an MBA in Healthcare Management...

Join us today for a discussion on effective strategies for recruitment, retention, and re-recruiting employees, grounded in culture, mission, vision, values, rounding, coaching, and team building.  Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn how to have effective, crucial accountability conversations by utilizing key tools and strategies to create safety and respect, lead with facts, invite perspective, connect behavior to impact and purpose, co-create agreed-upon solutions, and end with clear agreements and follow-up.  Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn about effective strategies for having crucial conversations. As leaders, what we allow - we promote. Don't fall into this trap and unintentionally create a negative culture. Lean into hard conversations with specific tools, strategies, and support to achieve the best outcomes for the relationships, the department, the organization, and the community.  Send us Fan Mail

Join us today on Higher Ground for a discussion on standard work and how it helps improve safety, quality, and efficiency. Standard work helps us, as leaders, focus our work and purpose to achieve the best outcomes by providing tangible, actionable items in our toolbox to help frame our days, weeks, months, quarters, and years into energy that has momentum and sustainability.  Send us Fan Mail

Join in with Annalise Koltai, Executive Coach, as we explore the role of identity in leadership effectiveness, especially in the first few years of stepping into leadership. Annalise is known for helping leaders move beyond technical brilliance to develop the presence, strategic vision, and relational capacity required for true impact.  "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world...

Join us today on Higher Ground as we discuss the importance and strategy for onboarding new employees by connecting them to mission, vision, and values, departmental expectations, safety, and quality, and continuous growth.  Send us Fan Mail

Join us today for a discussion on 25 key areas for new and emerging leaders to focus on for sustainable success, starting with the People Pillar.  Send us Fan Mail

Join us today on Higher Ground as we continue our discussion on generational differences in the workplace. We'll discuss characteristics, cultural influences, and strategies on how to relate, lead, and create new and diverse work cultures with your multigenerational employees for best outcomes. Today's episode focuses on Millennials and Gen Z.  Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn about strategies, initiatives, and tools for building higher reliable departments and organizations. Specifically designed for new and emerging leaders.  Send us Fan Mail

Join us today on Higher Ground as we discuss generational differences in the workplace. We'll discuss characteristics, cultural influences, and strategies on how to relate, lead, and create new and diverse work cultures with your multigenerational employees for the best outcomes.  Send us Fan Mail

On today's episode of Higher Ground, we'll discuss my early leadership focus on accomplishments juxtaposed with what I value the most today: helping others find their path. Join me as we journey together through the trials, tribulations, and art of becoming a great leader.  Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn how Nurse Erin made such a positive impact on our lives and the lessons on how the little things can make the biggest differences.  Send us Fan Mail

Join us today for two inspiring stories and lessons learned: The first, Never Judge a Tortoise by Its Start, followed by Bob - Making a Difference.  Send us Fan Mail

On today's episode, we'll discuss tools, strategies, and action plans on how to respond to the advice - you need to fire them. By implementing these tools, you may just discover what you would have otherwise missed.  Send us Fan Mail