Leader Dialogue

Hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon discuss how businesses can leverage the Baldrige framework in today's competitive marketplace with special guest Dr. Leigh Hamby, the Chief Medical Officer of Piedmont Healthcare. Topics discussed will include: Business Acumen: A review of Leigh’s background and his experience with the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. Current state: [...]

On this deep dive episode of “Leader Dialogue”, hosts Ben Sawyer, Jennifer Strahan, and Duffie Dixon continue their discussion about leveraging the Baldrige framework in today's competitive marketplace with special guest Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse. Scott McIntyre/Guidehouse Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse, brings to his role years of experience [...]

Hosts Ben Sawyer, Jennifer Strahan, and Duffie Dixon discuss how businesses can leverage the Baldrige framework in today’s competitive marketplace with guest Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse. Topics discussed on this episode of “Leader Dialogue” include: Business Acumen: Conversation will include Scott’s background including his experiences in pursuing the National Quality Award. [...]

In this week’s follow-up episode of "Leader Dialogue", Jennifer, Lisa and Duffie will dig deeper into topics such as patient engagement, culture and consumerism with special guest Alan Nalle of Patientco. Alan Nalle/Patientco Alan Nalle is Chief Strategy Officer at Patientco, developing strategies and supporting plans for Patientco to deliver unique value to its clients. Prior [...]

Topics discussed on this episode of “Leader Dialogue” include: Professional Experience: This includes Alan Nalle's background and a brief overview of PatientCo and the services they provide their customers. Current state: Current strategies and opportunities for improvement in the area of the patient financial experience for health systems. Performance excellence challenges in the Age of Consumerism: How Consumerism has changed [...]

Craig Clapper joins hosts Ben, Lisa and Duffie for a “deep dive” discussion about strategies and opportunities for improvement in aiding healthcare organizations how to achieve and sustain High Reliable Organization (HRO) status and understanding how Consumerism impacts the inter-relations among quality improvement, process improvement, Baldrige Framework and high reliability in health systems. Craig Clapper/Press Ganey [...]

Topics discussed on this episode include: Business Acumen: Which will include Craig'’s background and overview of Press Ganey Current state: Discuss current strategies and opportunities for improvement in aiding healthcare organizations how to achieve and sustain High Reliable Organization (HRO) status. Performance excellence challenges in the Age of Consumerism: Understanding how Consumerism impacts the inter-relations [...]

Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan joins hosts Ben, Jennifer, Lisa and Duffie for a “deep dive” discussion about leadership, government, education, healthcare, technology and more on "Leader Dialogue". Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur, Geoff Duncan was elected Georgia's Lieutenant Governor in November of 2018. Geoff's faith inspired him to a [...]

Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan joins Ben, Jennifer, Lisa and Duffie to discuss leadership, education, healthcare, technology and more on “Leader Dialogue”. Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur, Geoff Duncan was elected Georgia's Lieutenant Governor in November of 2018. Geoff's faith inspired him to a life of leadership and [...]

A deep dive discussion about Leveraging the Baldrige Framework to Transform a Healthsystem is provided by the hosts Ben Sawyer and Duffie Dixon, with special guest Dr. Rulon Stacey, managing director and leader of Navigant’s Healthcare Strategy business unit. Dr. Rulon Stacey/Navigant Dr. Rulon Stacey is a managing director and leader of Navigant's Healthcare Strategy [...]