Complacency and arrogance – part 2

Last week’s post on Complacency and arrogance struck a chord with quite a few readers; some commented on on the post and/or LinkedIn while more chose instead to email me directly.

One question was raised by several of you; how does one guard against complacency and arrogance?

a few thoughts…

  1. survey your staff
    there’s an excellent piece in this morning’s Harvard Business Review on employee surveys. Key takeaways include:
    1. tell your staff you need and want their feedback/input/recommendations
    2. confirm that by a) let your staff know you value their input and appreciate their willingness to be honest; b) letting all know what you heard and what you plan to do about it; and c) show some self-awareness by letting them know you recognize one or more of your habits/tendencies that may be a challenge for them and want their perspective on how you can better work with them
    3. change what
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Republicans planning to force Medicare cuts

House Republicans are planning to impose massive cuts to Medicare, raise Medicare’s eligibility age, and withhold payments to early retirees and retirees earning more than a certain limit.

News sources indicate the GOP will use the upcoming debt limit to try and force Medicare cuts, a reprise of earlier efforts supported by 175 House Republicans to slash Medicare spending. The effort is also gaining traction among Senate Republicans, with Senator Lindsey Graham planning to use the Republicans’ leverage in Congress to cut Social Security and Medicare.

Sen. Rick Scott’s 11 point plan goes a lot further; it would end Social Security and Medicare if Congress doesn’t take specific action to renew those programs every few years (see Scott responding to Fox News question at 1:09 of the video here.)

You may well recall that Scott was sued for Medicare fraud back when he ran Columbia/HCA. Columbia/HCA was ordered

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Medicare, drug prices, abortion and medical debt – Midterms’ impact on healthcare

Here’s a quick-albeit-still-somewhat-up-in-in-the-air take on how the midterms may/will impact healthcare. Much depends on final results in several key elections (Senate in GA, NV, :

Medicare and Medicaid

Drug prices – Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will reduce seniors’ drug prices; if the GOP takes control of the House (which appears likely) it may try to hold up/block/hinder Medicare drug price negotiation through oversight on how HHS implements the new policy.

If Dems hold onto the House (which is highly doubtful),  we can expect legislation that would expand Medicare and Medicaid.

South Dakotans voted to expand Medicaid; this is a big win for rural hospitals and the uninsured – 40,000+ South Dakotans will now have access to health care. For South Dakotans, the impact – healthier people and financially healthier hospitals = healthier economy.

Abortion rights

Ballot measures in 5 states addressed abortion rights with voters in California, Vermont, Michigan,

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Musk, Michael Jordan, Twitter, and private equity

Stick with me here…it will be worth it.

Yesterday’s post about private equity’s investments in worker’s comp services generated a flurry of private emails and a few comments – most echoing the “service is king” mantra.

Today’s news that Twitter is near collapse adds depth to the service discussion – and the ultimate cost of hubris.

Elon Musk is both one of the most transformational leaders and one of the biggest (insert anatomical reference here) of the last century. He is in large part responsible for shifting personal transportation away from fossil-fuel driven cars, an incredibly difficult and critically important transition.

If your boss shows up wearing this, call your favorite recruiter.

He also has a severe case form of “Michael Jordan Syndrome” or MJS. Jordan was a transformational basketball player, perhaps the greatest ever. His skills, ability, drive and impact on the game are unparalleled.

Then he tried baseball,

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HealthPopuli.com

Even as consumers’ confess a tighter spending economy for 2022 holiday shopping, peoples’ intent to buy wearable tech for health and fitness and other wellness devices appear on gifting lists in the U.S., according to the 29th Annual Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

 

 

 

 

 

 

In general, technology will be a top-selling category for 2022 holiday gift-giving, somewhat tempered by inflation and the increased cost of living that challenge household budgets in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Tech spending will be down about 6% in 2022 according to CTA’s estimate, with gaming and video streaming strong purchase categories on the software and services side of consumer tech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly 1 in 2 U.S. adults plan to give a health or wellness product for 2022 holiday gifting, still in post-pandemic behavior change in seeking hygienic and well-being baked into daily living. Thus, sales for air purifiers and

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Does Health Affect Education?

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The prospect of a common single-payer healthcare system in California — in which the state covers all residents’ healthcare prices — has enthralled liberal activists, exasperated business interests and upended the political landscape in the state Capitol. But some are nonetheless attempting to type out what exactly all the fuss is about. A. Design a brand that can be used for numerous campaigns, so that every one is extra easily recognized together with your group. Expect a religious or philosophical viewpoint from some spas. Many well being farms do have a selected spiritual or philosophical viewpoint. Not all of them do, however. When choosing a health farm, be certain that their explicit non secular or cultural slant is one which appeals to you.Health Articles

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Health ArticlesThink twice the next time you are tempted to scoff at an alarmed particular person who breaks a nail. The event may signal much more than the necessity for one more manicure. Unhealthy and readily breakable nails indicate quite a lot of health compromising situations including chronic bronchitis, thyroid problems, and vitamin and mineral imbalances (Editors of Rodale Health Books Healing With Vitamins).

Eat garlic someday after meals. Take a couple of sips of water first to moisten the mouth. Then preserve ground garlic the scale of a pea on the tongue and gulp it down with water. About 5 minutes after this one can feel it working in the stomach. If you do not really feel something your stomach is in pretty dangerous form. A state invoice that loosened group ranking guidelines and deregulated the insurance market could also be a mannequin for a Republican health care bill that …

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Health ArticlesIt is plain- healthy students are a lot better in a position to be taught, develop and achieve education outcomes to turn out to be competent and accountable citizens. Nevertheless no single element can be recognized as the single reason behind poor tutorial result. Children reside in various contexts all of which are unique to themselves. Some of them are their families, life experiences, attitudes from their communities, financial state of affairs and even their physical surroundings. So, every one in every of these elements contributes to stipulate the student’s health status, ability to be taught and skill to perform tutorial tasks.Health Articles

Republicans cite Maine as the model for the chance pool within the House measure, but Ms. Collins notes that the House invoice doesn’t fund state-primarily based danger pools wherever close to the extent that Maine has. Walen Heather R, Lachman Margie E. Social Support and Strain from Partner, …

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Training And Development In Health Care

Health ArticlesCivilized nations across the globe make the most of various forms of universal or nationalized healthcare insurance coverage packages. Germany, the primary nation to implement national healthcare, did so in the 1880’s, a long time before America would see the intense growth of any kind of health insurance in any respect.Health Articles

At this point, it is laborious to say. The present language of the proposal does away with loads of the monetary burdens related to the current healthcare system, akin to premiums, deductibles and co-pays. Aladdins Cave, I agree I even have seen such information on the net though I may find it ratified in newest updates. Anyway ti is at all times higher to watch out where you purchase garlic from, in truth any meals item. Unprecedented will increase in alcohol use, excessive-danger consuming and alcohol use disorder (alcoholism) have occurred in current decades. The number of Americans now …

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Health ArticlesTraining and development within the health care trade is an ongoing course of. The significance of an ongoing training cannot be overestimated. Education is necessary, as the health care business grows so does the specialization of the completely different components of the trade. A persons need for training does not stop at the diploma. Because the well being care business is continually evolving the training and development of the well being care employees must be ongoing. The health care skilled should sustain with the times. Health care workers will need to have a profession development plan for the longer term. To perceive the effectiveness of coaching the organization should be able to measure the data of the employee and the training course of. The evaluate course of will be executed by way of testing, interviewing staff, and rating.Health Articles

Young individuals notably want to chop off potential well being problems early. …

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