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The Hidden Cost of Leadership Inexperience (and How to Fix It)

Quint Studer

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January 31, 2026

How much impact does leadership inexperience have on your organization? I feel the sleeping giant today in terms of operational excellence is the number of new people. By this, I mean those who are new to the organization as well as those who are new to the role in general. For example, a person might be experienced in leadership but new to the organization. Or, they might be part of the organization, but new to…

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The Control + Alt + Lead Playbook for Today’s Healthcare Leaders

Healthcare Plus Solutions Group

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January 29, 2026

Healthcare feels different now—because it is. Workforces are smaller, demand is rising, and culture expectations have changed. In a recent episode of the Healthcare Plus Podcast, Dan Collard and Dr. Katherine Meese introduce Genfluence: How to Lead a Multigenerational Workforce, new from ACHE Learn. The authors describe Genfluence as a research-grounded guide to leading across generations, written without relying on cliches or doom narratives. They took all the research and myths and distilled the best…

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The Future of Emergency Care Starts With Rewiring (We Can’t “Treat and Street” Our Way Out of This)

Regina Shupe

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January 28, 2026

Emergency department volumes are up. Patient complexity is rising. And care teams are often newer, stretched, and carrying more emotional load than ever before. Yet many EDs are still trying to solve today’s problems with yesterday’s solutions. That’s why I wrote Rewiring the Emergency Department: Innovative Solutions for Modern Emergency Care. This book is not about incremental fixes or quick wins. It’s about rewiring how the ED is designed, led, staffed, and supported so it…

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Words That Stay With Us: How the Messages We Hear Shape Our Lives

Quint Studer

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January 24, 2026

I was in a meeting with a person who shared something they heard that has had a significant impact on their life. My own thinking went into overdrive on the people and messages that have impacted me (and still do). These messages have been received in various ways: one-on-one with a person, hearing a statement in a meeting or at a presentation, reading a book, watching a video, and so forth. Here is a partial…

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Rewiring Excellence, Second Edition Receives ACHE Hamilton Award

Healthcare Plus Solutions Group

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January 23, 2026

CHICAGO, IL (January 2026)—Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired to Rewired, Second Edition—written by Quint Studer and Dan Collard—has received the 2026 James A. Hamilton Award given by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). It will be presented at the ACHE 2026 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, to be held March 2-4 in Houston, Texas. The award is given yearly to the author(s) of a management or healthcare book judged outstanding by ACHE’s Book of the Year Committee.…

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Build Your Own Bench: How Emerson Health Turns Interns and Fellows into Leaders

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January 22, 2026

Today’s healthcare workforce is thinner, more mobile, and under constant pressure. That means organizations can’t afford leadership gaps. Building a strong bench from the ground up creates continuity, protects institutional knowledge, and reduces overreliance on costly external hires—while signaling to early-career talent that you intend to invest in them. When you ask Emerson Health why they invest in internships and a one-year fellowship—especially when budgets are tight—the answer comes back to strategy and values: grow…

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Karma Doesn’t Need My Help

Tom McDougal

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January 21, 2026

For most of my career, I believed that being a good leader meant fixing things: fixing problems, fixing people, and fixing situations that felt unfair, inefficient, or out of my control. If something went wrong, my instinct was to step in, straighten it out, and make sure it didn’t happen again. That approach served me well in some moments, but over time, I learned a hard truth: Not everything needs to be solved, and not…

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Are You Working on the Business or in the Business?

Quint Studer

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January 17, 2026

A book I have found helpful is The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber. It was first published in 1995. When small business owners or individuals considering starting a business ask me what book I recommend, this is my go-to suggested read. It is where I learned the concept of working on the business rather than only in the business. I became aware of The E-Myth Revisited as part of a roundtable of small business…

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Why Great Leaders Think Like Editors

Dan Collard

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January 14, 2026

January is in full force, and some of us are still in resolution mode. I’m going to join a gym. I’m going to start cooking a healthy meal three days a week. I’m going to get that new certification. I’m going to introduce a new process for my department. Healthcare people are doers by nature, and that’s great. Doers make things happen. But the reality is, we all have limited hours and limited energy. We…

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The Brain Can Change—and So Can We

Quint Studer

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January 10, 2026

Have you ever heard or read a word that’s either new to you or that you’ve not encountered, and suddenly it starts cropping up everywhere? This is true for me with the word neuroplasticity. It describes the brain’s ability to change and adapt by forming new neural connections and reorganizing existing ones in response to experiences, learning, or injury. It is the process of allowing new skills and/or changes in skills and abilities, as well…

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The Hidden Cost of Leadership Inexperience (and How to Fix It)

The Control + Alt + Lead Playbook for Today’s Healthcare Leaders

The Future of Emergency Care Starts With Rewiring (We Can’t “Treat and Street” Our Way Out of This)

Words That Stay With Us: How the Messages We Hear Shape Our Lives

Rewiring Excellence, Second Edition Receives ACHE Hamilton Award

Build Your Own Bench: How Emerson Health Turns Interns and Fellows into Leaders

Karma Doesn’t Need My Help

Are You Working on the Business or in the Business?

Why Great Leaders Think Like Editors

The Brain Can Change—and So Can We

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