Blogs

Leading the Way to Work-Life Balance

Posted August 4, 2011

by Larry Tilson, CEO and President

After watching hospitals across the country make impressive gains in work-life balance, we are observing what could be worrisome declines. Based on Morehead's national database of 2010 healthcare employee survey results, employees' perceptions of work-life balance are down significantly from 2009. Issues like perceptions of staffing levels and the amount of job stress employees are feeling, which are linked to work-life balance, are also in decline. (For more...

Organizational Culture: The Best Intentions Require Assessment

Posted June 2, 2011

by Larry Tilson, CEO and President

Perhaps more than any other attribute of our culture, Morehead's "aim for a greater good than profits alone," creates the most discussion. Given that we are a for-profit enterprise, people are often confused by our concern for anything other than the creation of shareholder value through profits. But writing in the May 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review ("The Wise Leader"), Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi claim companies that fail to create social value...

In Pursuit of Trust

Posted March 27, 2011

by Larry K. Tilson, CEO & President

Leading a rapidly growing business often brings me face-to-face with the same challenges confronting Morehead's clients. Few are as difficult as the challenges brought on by change initiatives. Handled poorly, trust will most certainly be a casualty of change, especially if other factors like communication break down. With trust diminished, employee engagement is undermined, and organizational performance is compromised.

Leveraging our research and knowledge...