Culture Bytes: The Formula Behind Your Hospital’s Future: Fading or Rocket Fuel?

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In this episode, Sue Tetzlaff discusses the challenges and strategies for leadership in healthcare organizations, emphasizing the importance of moving beyond the status quo to foster growth and community impact. She introduces two contrasting formulas for organizational success: the fading formula, which leads to deterioration, and the rocket fuel formula, which focuses on investing in people, service, and quality to drive growth. Tetzlaff shares her experiences and insights on strategic planning and execution, urging leaders to prioritize foundational pillars for sustainable improvement.

The strategic formula you follow matters: the “Fading Formula” leads to burnout and stagnation, while the “Rocket Fuel Formula” powers lasting improvement and faster growth.

The 2-minute video clip referenced in this episode:  https://vimeo.com/1096998506?share=copy

• A flawed strategy formula can quietly erode even the best organizations—deteriorating culture, overstretching people, and stressing systems.
• The fading formula stresses people and deteriorates quality, leading to organizational decline versus the intended positive growth.
• The rocket fuel formula emphasizes a priority investment in core pillars which represents the core mission of the organization - high quality services. 
• Successful healthcare organizations prioritize people, service, and quality.
• Strategic plans must be built on effective formulas for success.
• Expert guidance can enhance strategic planning and execution.
• Strengthening healthcare organizations positively impacts communities.

Need help improving the culture, performance, and results of your healthcare organization? If so, let’s talk:  https://www.capstoneleadership.net/contact-us

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Capstone helps rural hospitals be the provider- and employer-of-choice to keep care local and margins strong. Learn more via a complimentary consultation call. Schedule at:  CapstoneLeadership.net/Contact-Us

Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong.

For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything.

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