The CEO and founder of the first health care company I worked for (North American Medical Management – eons ago) told us over and over that if we do what’s right for the patient, the finances will follow.
As a true believer in value-based care, this is one of my core values. Do everything possible to keep people healthy and when that fails, act quickly and with the best of evidenced based care.
I believe this is true in all aspects of business - and community and family. Self-interest may (usually does) benefit the self-interested one in the short term. But in the end, supporting the larger organization’s goals makes the organization and its members stronger.
I might prefer to delay a hire so that I can report great budget numbers at the upcoming performance review. It would be more fun to make cocktails after work rather than take the dog for a walk, prepare dinner and help with homework. Either of these actions will have positive results in the short term.
But in the long term, these actions do not move the organization forward and might even cause harm. The impact of self-centered decisions always catch up in the end.
Agree or no?
Here's the entire list of lessons that ring true for me:
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