🤝 In a world that often feels fragmented - imece - reminds us: community is built not by convenience, but by commitment. Collective hands planting a garden or rallying of friends to tackle a challenge together.
Lasting bonds form when we choose each other over ease.
🎓 Grateful to support and teach the next generation of healthcare leaders. As students dive into their studies with purpose it reminds me why of my why - to make a real difference in people's lives.
Here's to a semester of growth, discovery, & building the skills that will shape the future!
Clarity isn’t about control…it’s about presence. A leader doesn’t always have answers…they hold space for discovery.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you” Rumi
#Leadership #MindfulMomentum
#Presence
A recent visit to this quiet corner of the FDR Memorial reminded me that leadership must always serve liberty and compassion
A call to vigilance
We honor not by preserving stone, but by living the principles carved into it
Each of us must do our part
#LeadershipMatters
#CivilRights #ProtectLiberty
This is a big deal 👇
Triple failure…abandoning vulnerable patients counting on its findings, medical professionals without needed evidence-based guidance, & squandering invested taxpayer dollars. These types of decisions prioritize short-term budget adjustments over public health & fiscal responsibility.
👇make the call. This is unacceptable.
2 beautiful quotes on listening.
“One who doesn't know how to listen cannot know how to choose”
“Dinlemesini bilmeyen, seçmesini de bilemez."
- Yunus Emre
“For right choice, first right listening is required”
“Doğru ihtiyar için, önce doğru istima gerekir."
- Katip Çelebi
Happy Mother’s Day!
Love transcends family ties and physical boundaries.
Thank you Pope Leo XIV for speaking up.
"İnsana sadece bir hayat verilmiştir ve bu hayatın tekrarı yoktur."
Rather than seeing missed opportunities as personal failures, invite yourself and others to embrace the fundamental incompleteness of human existence. There's wisdom in recognizing that no life can contain all possibilities…this is simply the nature of being human.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
Interesting and fun…If species membership were also unknown (you might be human, dog, elephant, etc.), it would dramatically expand the scope of thought. Push toward principles that consider the interests of all sentient beings.
Healthcare leaders have a higher threshold for their stress response, which normalizes crisis & spreads stress. Ultimately leading to lower productivity for themselves & the team.
Your most powerful tool? Recognizing your personal stress response & how to mitigate it.
#leadership
#cognitiveburden
Up to 70% of work time is in meetings
Ask 4 questions
Is my expertise required?
Will a decision affecting my area be made?
Is my presence irreplaceable?
Is this a relationship-building opportunity?
2 “yes” answers = attend personally
1 “yes” = delegate
0 “yes” = decline with explanation
When poor decisions are made, we rarely ask: “What time of day was it?” Yet cognitive energy follows predictable patterns. The same decision at 9am vs 4pm often yields different outcomes.
What is 1 underrated skill? Knowing when NOT to decide.
#CognitiveLeadership
Why do so many ignore personal productivity? The competency that enables all others. The best leaders aren’t just strategic thinkers but masters of their cognitive energy.
What if productivity wasn’t just personal preference but a skill we could develop?
#Leadership
#ProductivityAsCompetency
Thoughts on rain:
In the space between cloud and earth, raindrops fall…neither where they were nor where they will be. This liminal state mirrors our own existence: always suspended between memory and possibility.
"In the in-between moments, in the liminal spaces, we are remade." - Elif Shafak
She shattered glass ceilings. She opened doors for generations to come. A true icon whose legacy continues to inspire chess players worldwide.
Super cool 😎
Pachyrhinus lethierryi…maybe call him Patches.
⬇️ yes, please.
Took a few days at Disney (resorts only) and soaked in the atmosphere, relaxed, and found some good food.
#disney
#disneyworld
Your most valuable leadership asset might be those moments when you appear to be doing nothing at all.
The spaces between your thoughts are where wisdom emerges. This time of “keyif” or purposeful pauses supports:
Strategic clarity
EQ
Decisions
Innovation
Sustainability
#Leadership #Mindfulness
I've arrived in Cape Coral, FL to present my workshop, "Aligning Quality Metrics with PX Goals," emphasizing that PX is fundamentally intertwined with quality of care.
My presentation explores practical approaches to "zipper up" quality & PX, creating a unified framework.
#patientexperience
#quality
Where intellect and emotion integrate rather than compete is the concept of heart-mind coherence or gönül (guh-nool).
Understanding that wisdom emerges from neither logic nor feeling alone, but from their conscious dialogue.
#moralperception
#IntegratedLeadership #EmotionalIntelligence
Just in time shopping is here or coming soon to keep days cash on hand in our homes. Lots of uncertainty looms.
Simply adding capabilities together without proper integration & compatibility creates dysfunction.
Some leaders tend to think that putting 2 great capabilities together will solve issues. But…
True synergy requires harmony and alignment, not just proximity or forced connection.
Love this concept of dual nature with education.
Adds depth & meaning to good times.
Provides skills & perspective to navigate challenges.
Unlike material wealth, education's value increases during hardship, serving as both enhancement and protection throughout life.
Unexpected disruptions often bring hidden opportunities.
When disruptions are reframed as opportunities, individuals and organizations demonstrate greater innovation, stronger team cohesion, and more sustainable success over time.
Misafir on kısmetiyle gelir
A guest arrives with ten blessings