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I  enjoyed reading “Physician Compact: A Tool for Enhancing Physician Satisfaction and Improving Communication” so much that I spoke with Dr. Sanjeev Shukla, the principal author and Regional Medical Director of the Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group in Milwaukee, WI to obtain more information.  The article was published in the Physician Executive Journal of Medical Management. […]

The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life John Assaraf & Murray Smith According to the authors, The Answer is about taking ownership of your life and your business, executing your actions so that you are the cause and not simply the effect (xiv). The secret to our success lies […]

As someone who tries hard to diagnose and treat workarounds that prompt, “I need a new FTE to …,” I was intrigued by Russell Bishop’s book Workarounds That Work. I liked his insight, “Having more work than you can get done is actually welcome news…. you were hired to help. Not to get everything done, but […]

As summer approaches, and you look for a new book to take with you on vacation, I wholeheartedly recommend the short stories in A Few Small Moments, a collection of short stories by Carol Scott-Conner.  But first, a disclosure.  I have known Carol Scott-Conner for years.  She is a fellow surgeon, friend, and a chapter author […]

As a new book author, I empathize with anyone writing about healthcare in a time of such dynamic change.  Before I review Accountable Care Organizations: Your Guide to Strategy, Design, and Implementation, by Marc Bard and Mike Nugent, I need to make a disclosure.  I know Marc Bard from a previous century when I was […]

In All Hands on Deck, a CEO takes over a company in distress and finds Walt Disney waiting for him in a limousine. They head to The Magic Kingdom and view business legends like Henry Ford, Ray Kroc, Mary Kay Ash, and Jim Burke interacting with colleagues. The CEO tells his staff that they have […]

Quicksilver: A Revolutionary Way to Lead the Many and the Few- Beginning with You  by Michale O’Brien and Larry Shook is the best book that I have read in decades.  What makes it so good?  The insights and the clear way in which they are communicated are compelling. The central tenet of this book is that […]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta gave the keynote lecture at my alma mater University of Rochester’s Meliora Weekend  October 16, 2010.  I enjoyed his warm, authentic story-telling style as much as insights like: I learned that hopes, dreams and aspirations are spread evenly throughout the world… So, I bought his book, Chasing Life, which I thoroughly enjoyed.  […]

Spencer Baron wrote in his recent book, Secrets of the Game, “A superstar athlete’s most powerful tool is his mind.” (p.49) I had second thoughts about reviewing this book until I reached Chapter 4 “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” It began with a quote from Jason Taylor, defensive end of the Miami […]