Modern Healthcare Online: “The hard work of culture” By John Mitchell CEO
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008This article is in response to “The Hard Work of Culture” by John Mitchell CEO—from Modern Healthcare Online
The underlying message of John Mitchell’s article (one of the most requested) is both correct and refreshing. Its content signals to me a CEO in a leadership mindset shift needed first to realize the importance of organizational culture and its many subcultures that contribute to the success of an entity. Organizational culture reflects the beliefs and behaviors in which, overtime, a body develops, learns and acts out each day. Its objective is the status quo [survival], and today in many healthcare organizations, survival is the only mindset. (more…)
