Well-Advised and Unsponsored: The Development Gap Costing Health Systems Their Best Leaders
A mentor offers advice; a sponsor puts their own credibility behind another person’s advancement. In healthcare systems, mentorship programs are common and sponsorship is rare, which is why leadership development investment frequently produces engagement scores without producing retention. A director of operations at a major health insurance carrier put it plainly during Keane Insights research: […]
The Bullseye: When a Leadership Network Has Only One Node
Leadership networking reduces healthcare turnover risk because it distributes critical relationships, knowledge, and workload across a team instead of concentrating them in one person. When a single high performer holds relationships no one else holds, the organization carries a retention exposure that no wellness program can offset. The Bullseye “Every leader has someone on their […]
Memorial Day Stress Recovery for Healthcare Leaders
Most healthcare leaders arrive at Memorial Day depleted, not rested. This piece reframes the holiday weekend as a performance window — and walks through what a deliberate reset actually looks like for a CHRO, CNO, or nurse executive carrying sustained pressure.