What can dog food teach hospital administrators about improving healthcare?

I admit the title of this blog entry is a bit provocative. However, one of the ways I enjoy challenging hospital managers and administrators is to encourange them to read articles on best management practices from outside of the healthcare industry. Why? Because people are people no matter where they work. All employees have the potential to wildly succeed and be happy with their jobs while performing at top productivity levels. This, however, doesn’t happen by accident. It takes good leadership and management practices to create the environment necessary for bringing that type of performance out of people.

With that in mind, here are my latest reading assignments for hospital leaders. Read both articles back to back in one setting. I hope that they are eye opening and thought provoking.

Management Bites Dog Food Factory

Job Satisfaction Why Your Job Isn’t a Bowl of Cherries