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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. Here are some examples of what will be required to change the operating culture: Contract rationalization. In some larger nonprofit hospitals, there may be six.

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What is Executive Coaching?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Availability improves, enabling the coach to be brought into just-in-time and rapid response needs or unique situations like cross-cultural needs. Technology enables the coach and client to connect; in different places within the same building or worldwide. Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated costs.

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Bring in Outside Experts to Mentor Your Team

Harvard Business

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. By providing temporary support, they make it possible for organizations to resource their critical activities more cost efficiently. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported.

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Pittsburgh’s Transformation Is a Model for Clean Energy Innovation

Harvard Business

Pittsburgh’s leaders recognized that attracting businesses and talented professionals would require revitalizing its polluting and aging infrastructure. The city already employs 13,000 people in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The resulting plan has put Pittsburgh at the forefront of the clean energy revolution.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

For nearly a decade, I worked at Catalyst , a nonprofit focused on helping women advance in the workplace, consulting with progressive companies who began investing in diversity initiatives in the ‘90s. Diversity doesn’t slow down hiring — it makes it more efficient. referrals).