By partnering with providers and facilities, employers may get more competitive rates and cost-effective health outcomes. Health care expenditures, patient experience and medical outcomes also can improve. HealthLink’s Brian Fallon shares how to increase collaboration between health plan stakeholders.
As the head of a specialized data analytics company, I’m often asked, “What’s the ‘one recommendation’ you’d make to any business trying to get more from their data?” My answer is consistently, “Integrate data into corporate culture.”
Emotion is like the caboose on a train, but commitment is the engine the pulls the relationship to the close. Saying to your sales manager that you feel pretty good about this one is not enough. Use trial closing questions to determine their level of commitment such as “If I can … ?” or “Will you ..?” If their answer is yes, you now have a committed prospect.
Is your company the next Blockbuster? Not a blockbuster hit. Rather, Blockbuster, the company that owned the video rental market until it was upended by an innovative competitor, Netflix. One thing is for certain: If your company isn’t innovating, all of its products or services eventually become commodities. Or they’re toppled by the next Netflix.
Self-settled trusts, their advantages and disadvantages, and the importance of working with an experienced attorney when establishing such a trust.
As small business owner and entrepreneur, I have to admit I was skeptical of the idea of “learning” how to run my business in a classroom. Sticking 30 small business owners suffering from entrepreneurial ADHD in a room for eight hours seemed to me like a potential recipe for disaster. However, the Goldman Sachs 10K program and Babson’s approach of using instruction, case studies and collaborative learning was highly effective.
But while digital analytics can show you exactly what your website or app users are doing, it doesn’t always tell you why they’re doing something. Data, while powerful, only provides us with half the story.
With Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, it seems appropriate to look back at the first female candidate. Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) ran for president in 1872 before women even had the right to vote. This radical, born in Homer, Ohio, may not be well known today, but for five years she was a controversial and prominent figure.
Executive Director Kate Koch started Bike Lady Inc. by accident. But an impulse turned into a cause that Koch is even more passionate about today, as she uses Bike Lady as a platform to educate people.
Janet Meeks, retired president of Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital, spent a gratifying nine-and-a-half years helping create a culture of accountability at the hospital.
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